But the new rule—effective immediately—says there will be
no tattoos allowed on the face, hands or above the collar
line. Any other tattoos must remain covered at all times.
(PHOTOS: Marines’ Tattoos in Marjah, Afghanistan)
And it is all in the name of professionalism, the Associated
Press reports.
The Met’s official statement said, according to the BBC:
“The standard of appearance required from serving police
officers and staff has recently been reviewed to promote
consistency.”
Officers already on the force can get grandfathered into the
new limitations, but must “register” the offending marks by
a Nov. 12 deadline or deal with a charge of gross misconduct.
In the memo to staff, as reported by the BBC, officials told
officers that “all visible tattoos damage the professional
image of the Metropolitan Police Service.”
London’s police force isn’t the first to ban tattoos.
Dozens of police departments throughout the U.S. require
tattoos to be covered and “excessive body art” has been
limited in the U.S. military too — as well as several school
districts (for both teachers and students) and private
businesses. Everyone, it seems, writes a different rule about
professionalism and tattoos. And Scotland Yard just wrote
theirs.
Chinese travelers looking for a relaxing ‘Golden Week’ may
have been disappointed. Record numbers set out for this month
’s national holiday, creating a human traffic jam of epic
proportions. Over the course of the 8-day break, some 740
million people were on the move. At Beijing’s Forbidden City
on Oct. 2, visitor numbers hit a record high of 180, 000
tourists — the equivalent of 357 people entering the complex
every minute. The following day, Hangzhou’s picturesque West
Lake welcomed 900,000 visitors into an area less than twice
the size of New York‘s Central Park. Things got so
uncomfortably packed that several sacred mountains, including
Tai Shan, Wu Dang Shan and Lu Shan, were even forced to stop
selling tickets altogether.
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