Police Uniform Standards

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.

Police uniform standards.

All leather or simulated leather items metal buckles and snaps will be maintained with a highly polished luster. 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. 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.

Any and all uniform items are subject to inspection at. 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. The navy blue uniforms adopted by many police departments in this early period were simply surplus united states army uniforms from the civil war. Date 10 08 2019 purpose all officers shall possess a serviceable military style uniform and the necessary equipment to perform uniformed field duty.