New York City police have been banned from all facial hair except for mustaches.
As wise man notes in the article:
"Appearance is so important in any kind of authoritative role," said Jim Curran, who was a cop in the 1960s and now teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. "Police officers should be clean. They should look nice. The Patrol Guide emphasizes that for a reason."
The best way to look nice? A mustache, of course!
It is sensible, though, to allow undercover officers to retain their various beards. They do mingle with outcasts and criminals of society and it would not do to look out-of-place.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Finally, Some Sanity In An Insane World
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And, as we all know, beard wearers are outcasts and criminals of society. Never trust a beardy. They're shifty and quite often cruel.
It's a good measure but, alas, they should require a minimum of style (not modern of course) for the act of wearing the moustache. Not every man should be allowed to do so.
Guru reported on a related incident in Texas where the police force has been taken to court by hairy police officers. A blatant case of facial harassment.
I think police officers should represent the general public,if people have goatees,other kind of beards and whatever they like then why not police officers.
And alas,there were and are quite a few moustache wearers who were/are not particularly upstanding citizens(Hitler,Stalin,Dr.Crippen etc)
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