They’re true fashion officers: Fed up with shoddy cops, the has moved to release its gown code, banning shorts on transit beats and light turtlenecks while on patrol.
Police officers are also advised not to wear military cargo pants in the department’s updated style guide, which is set to go into effect following month. This likewise reinforces previous recommendations, including a ban on black shoelaces.
Inspector Paul Saraceno, who oversaw a council that has been reviewing police dress since last summer, described the assault as an effort to ensure a dress, professional-looking force rather than a solution of any particular faux pas.
“I believe that in every profession, if you take it seriously and you act professionally, you dress professionally, you present yourself the same way, it revolves around everything you do”, Saraceno said.
“If you’re not squared away, if you’re sloppy, it speaks to who you are”, he added. “We expect professionalism in every aspect”.
The city’s largest police union was angry about the plan, however.
The Police Benevolent Association’s president vowed to file a legal challenge to the new regulations, saying they would force officers to leave the force.
“The department’s timing and handling of these changes is completely off”, he said in a statement. We are still employing hundreds of police officers each month, which is a much bigger problem than the NYPD.
According to guidance released on Monday, the new regulations are scheduled to go into effect on May 6. On days when the temperature is anticipated to top 65 degrees, supervisors will still have the authority to appoint short-sleeve shirts.
However, V-necked sweaters with short sleeves are prohibited. According to the memo, those outerwear requirements call for a long-sleeve shirt and tie.
Saraceno added that the department is thinking about outlawing beards unless there are circumstances where officers need to have medical attention or. The ban on facial hair has been in place for a long time. In 2020.
Officers have occasionally opted for a more casual style of attire over the years. After 9/11, for instance, more patrol officers were seen wearing cargo pants.
In 2013, then- Chief of Department in a 10- page memo, outlined a crackdown on sloppy cops, urging officers to shine their shoes, cover their tattoos and straighten out their caps.
Banks, now the deputy mayor for public safety, said officers’ appearances must be “clean and conform to all standards”.
He claimed to the Daily News at the time that the public trusts public servants who appear professional.
This spring’s directive says that standard uniform pants, known as twill pants, must be worn by all officers in uniform. And choices will be limited to a single style from a single company.
Saraceno claimed that the action is to prevent police partners from wearing identical uniforms.
White turtlenecks, Saraceno said, are going the way of light blue shirts banned by the NYPD three decades ago. Because they show grime quickly, the white turtlenecks are being ushered out.
In the winter months, when the temperature falls below freezing, NYPD winter hats will still be permitted, with emblazoned NYPD lettering front and center on the forehead.
Several police officers claimed that they too frequently encounter officers who have the lettering askew. Additionally, they objected to officers who wear the approved NYPD baseball cap with the cap facing either side or up.
“You ever see a state trooper dressed poorly”? one officer asked. “You see them, and you know they mean business”.