Police Uniform Standards

Centralized administration of policing makes it possible to set and enforce uniform standards throughout the police force says paul hirschfield a sociology professor at rutgers university.

Police uniform standards.

Any and all uniform items are subject to inspection at. All leather or simulated leather items metal buckles and snaps will be maintained with a highly polished luster. Standards uniforms and uniform accessories will be cleaned neatly pressed and free from rips tears holes frayed edges missing buttons faded colors and will fit properly. Issued approved formal dress uniform to be wornon occasions designated by the chief of police or at the employee s discretion in lieu of the class b uniform.

The maximum extension of the hair outward from the top of the head will not exceed two inches 2 tapering to a maximum extension above the ear of one and one half inches 1 1 2 and no. Cover typically took the form of stovepipe hats a starched woolen head cover similar in appearance to a top hat but with a squatter dimension or british style custodian helmets in rural areas where preventative policing was limited or non. The bulk or length of the hair will not interfere with the normal wearing of the standard police uniform cap or helmet. 10 08 2019 uniformstandards doc page 1 of 9 eff.