NEW YORK (AP) — The Joe Friday look is out. Tattoos, turbans and beards are in. Police departments, compelled by a hiring crisis and eager for a more diverse applicant pool, are relaxing traditional ...

MANKATO — Just in time for Movember when growing facial hair for cancer awareness is popular, the New Ulm Police Department is allowing officers to have beards. The agency was one of the last police ...

Portland Police officers may soon be allowed to grow beards, as long the facial hair doesn't interfere with their job performance, or "does not interfere with the proper fit of protective equipment," ...

French police officers have been given approval to sport beards and tattoos on the job so long as they respect certain conditions, officials said Friday. Responding to a police officers' union request ...