Can Police Officers Have Tattoos

Older generations however generally have a negative view of tattoos.

Can police officers have tattoos. It s always wise to ask the agency in question on their body art policies. This however may not be the case for everyone. It can make an impact on your job options.

In kansas state police did a public survey on whether officers should be allowed to have tattoos to help determine whether to change their policy after they couldn t fill about 100 trooper jobs. I have a sleeve as well and have worked for multiple departments with no issue. There was little chance of seeing a police officer with a tattoo.

By permitting tattoos new measures not have to be employed to police them. There was a time not so long ago when tattoos were strongly associated with prison culture and having ink labeled someone as an outlaw at best and a career criminal at worst. I know of police officers on the chicago police department who have tattoos on their wrists and they had no problem of getting hired.

However things have changed in the last thirty years. Although the police force does not have customers per se it would not be unreasonable to assume that its officers regularly interact with younger people many of whom will have tattoos. About two years ago while traveling in the philadelphia area i noticed two separate officers wearing short sleeve uniforms each with full sleeve tattoos.

They don t care if officers have tattoos. If you re not used to seeing police officers with full sleeve tattoos it can be an eye opener the first time even for a sworn officer working in a strict tattoo policy agency like myself. Now many departments have begun to require recruits to take photographs of their body art as part of the application form.

Thugs criminals gangsters the worst characters in society have tattoos. Current rules mean hopefuls wanting to join the. In other cases special law enforcement teams have begun to classify tattoos on officers as either appropriate or inappropriate to display.