Welcome to the real world. Tattoos still aren't accepted in every day life and there's a reason for it. They are a blatant distraction to actual productivity. Corporations that want to succeed don't allow them, you won't see them in a real business meeting, and I wouldn't take a police officer seriously if I had a real emergency and they sent an officer covered in tattoos. I'd call back and tell them to send me someone who actually can do their job, someone who actually gives a damn about their appearance and professionalism. Yeah, I am going to judge someone based on their tattoos. They're not cool, and in fifty years, you won't see people with them at all.

ignite ice: Welcome to the real world

I think this has more to do with the "Jump Out Boys," which was a cop "clique" in L.A. whose members would get a tattoo to commemorate each gang kill. I mean, since we're talking "real world" and all.

Not even a "To Protect And Serve" bicep tat? :(

Here in FL having a tattoo seems to be a pre-requisite for being a cop.

Hold them to a higher standard? That's a good one.

ignite ice: Welcome to the real world. Tattoos still aren't accepted in every day life and there's a reason for it. They are a blatant distraction to actual productivity. Corporations that want to succeed don't allow them, you won't see them in a real business meeting, and I wouldn't take a police officer seriously if I had a real emergency and they sent an officer covered in tattoos. I'd call back and tell them to send me someone who actually can do their job, someone who actually gives a damn about their appearance and professionalism. Yeah, I am going to judge someone based on their tattoos. They're not cool, and in fifty years, you won't see people with them at all.

3/10

You'll get some bites.

ignite ice: Welcome to the real world. Tattoos still aren't accepted in every day life and there's a reason for it. They are a blatant distraction to actual productivity. Corporations that want to succeed don't allow them, you won't see them in a real business meeting, and I wouldn't take a police officer seriously if I had a real emergency and they sent an officer covered in tattoos. I'd call back and tell them to send me someone who actually can do their job, someone who actually gives a damn about their appearance and professionalism. Yeah, I am going to judge someone based on their tattoos. They're not cool, and in fifty years, you won't see people with them at all.

Ignite Ice... Any relation to Mr. Cool??

During Desert Storm in '90, the Iraqi army was told that for every tattoo we Marines had, it meant we had killed one member of our own family.

We did not disabuse them of that belief.

One of my good friends is a cop, full sleeves. He's about to become a detective. This just seems silly.

Cop bashing thread! woooooooo

ignite ice: Welcome to the real world. Tattoos still aren't accepted in every day life and there's a reason for it. They are a blatant distraction to actual productivity. Corporations that want to succeed don't allow them, you won't see them in a real business meeting, and I wouldn't take a police officer seriously if I had a real emergency and they sent an officer covered in tattoos. I'd call back and tell them to send me someone who actually can do their job, someone who actually gives a damn about their appearance and professionalism. Yeah, I am going to judge someone based on their tattoos. They're not cool, and in fifty years, you won't see people with them at all.

Yeah I get what you are saying. If the cops had tattoos you would possibly mistake them for the thugs in prison.

WHY COME DONT YOU HAVE A TATTOO?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: ignite ice: Welcome to the real world. Tattoos still aren't accepted in every day life and there's a reason for it. They are a blatant distraction to actual productivity. Corporations that want to succeed don't allow them, you won't see them in a real business meeting, and I wouldn't take a police officer seriously if I had a real emergency and they sent an officer covered in tattoos. I'd call back and tell them to send me someone who actually can do their job, someone who actually gives a damn about their appearance and professionalism. Yeah, I am going to judge someone based on their tattoos. They're not cool, and in fifty years, you won't see people with them at all.

Ignite Ice... Any relation to Mr. Cool??

No, Mr. Cool Ice.

How about just making the psychological exam more comprehensive? If appearances matter, how about making police look a lot less like urban soldiers and more like PEACE officers? Start with a requirement that they a.)have hair and b.)style/cut that hair in a fashion significantly different then the average soldier.

ignite ice: Welcome to the real world. Tattoos still aren't accepted in every day life and there's a reason for it. They are a blatant distraction to actual productivity. Corporations that want to succeed don't allow them, you won't see them in a real business meeting, and I wouldn't take a police officer seriously if I had a real emergency and they sent an officer covered in tattoos. I'd call back and tell them to send me someone who actually can do their job, someone who actually gives a damn about their appearance and professionalism. Yeah, I am going to judge someone based on their tattoos. They're not cool, and in fifty years, you won't see people with them at all.

1/10

That last sentence is too retarded to be taken seriously.

cman: WHY COME DONT YOU HAVE A TATTOO?



I'm not sure....

Undercover cops should have tattoos so they can blend in with the criminals

I've always found tattoos on LEOs remarkable. I'm leery of the need to express one's badassery if one's duty is to uphold the law.

You can't discriminate against her religion



/when she looks in a mirror, it reads DOG

As long as they don't have a name written in cursive on the side of their neck, go wild.

Gee, that is real sweet, however, cops having to keep a higher standard should be enforced on conduct more than image.

Mark Ratner: 1/10

That last sentence is too retarded to be taken seriously.


Is that "1" with or without you taking the farking bait.

Silly Jesus: Yeah but that's a "politi", which sounds fruity and European.



We are talking about real murican cops here.

You have to look professional while brutalizing minorities, planting evidence and lying on reports.

Unless it's a USMC tattoo.

whatshisname: Undercover cops should have tattoos so they can blend in with the criminals

They blend in all right. Without a police ID, there's really nothing to let you know the difference.

Captain_Ballbeard: You have to look professional while brutalizing minorities, planting evidence and lying on reports.

We get it, you hate the pigs because they took your pot.

You are what you eat?

pedrop357: If appearances matter, how about making police look a lot less like urban soldiers and more like PEACE officers? Start with a requirement that they a.)have hair and b.)style/cut that hair in a fashion significantly different then the average soldier.

Short hair is harder to grab in a fight. Bald is even better.

Tattoos carry connotations of menace. Bad for community relations.

could care less about tats on cops. what freaks me out are the weird-arse "shave my head bald except for a little round spot up top" el frickin' bizarro world haircut so popular with many young cops. it's like they are trying hard to look like a penis. please explain what that stupid haircut is all about. is that like a secret gay cop club handshake thing? or did they lose a bet?

/heroes, every damn one of them
//LOL

There is a company that makes flesh colored sleeves that cover up...Sleeves, for law enforcement personnel. I'm sure they can be worn by other than LEO's. Theres a lot of Vets out there who got Inked while in the service.
I waited until i was retired to get Tattoo's that are visible below a dress shirt sleeve, I agree that meeting a Cop with full Inked arms is jarring, and not the most professorial look.
The same can be said for long hair (To short as well), piercings and oddly colored socks. Police wear a uniform, their supposed to look and act the same, not be individuals expressing themselves, you do that off duty.

I like tattoos.

They help easily identify self-loathing people.

That comes in very handy, sometimes.

FTA ,"When you serve the public, the public has certain expectations of what you should look like,'' said Linda Wood, dean of the Institute of Public Safety at Broward College. "You sort of owe it to the public.''

White male,moustash, sunglasses, and a real hard -on for being in a position of authority ?

zato_ichi: As long as they don't have a name written in cursive on the side of their neck, go wild.

Those are reserved for the heavyset brownish nurse's assistants and phlebotomists. Nothing like getting blood drawn by a mulatto with "Alejandro" written in cursive across the side of her neck.

manitobamadman: FTA ,"When you serve the public, the public has certain expectations of what you should look like,'' said Linda Wood, dean of the Institute of Public Safety at Broward College. "You sort of owe it to the public.''

White male,moustash, sunglasses, and a real hard -on for being in a position of authority ?

I take it you see a lot of cops with hard-ons just wandering around?

zato_ichi: Mark Ratner: 1/10

That last sentence is too retarded to be taken seriously.


Is that "1" with or without you taking the farking bait.

Good point. Sorry, couldn't help myself. It's probably a 4, sad to say it.

telaran: manitobamadman: FTA ,"When you serve the public, the public has certain expectations of what you should look like,'' said Linda Wood, dean of the Institute of Public Safety at Broward College. "You sort of owe it to the public.''

White male,moustash, sunglasses, and a real hard -on for being in a position of authority ?

I take it you see a lot of cops with hard-ons just wandering around?

Clearly I'm ordering the wrong calenders.

Silly Jesus: Captain_Ballbeard: You have to look professional while brutalizing minorities, planting evidence and lying on reports.

We get it, you hate the pigs because they took your pot.

Sure, that's it.


/smokes pot
//laughs at shot cop on TV

ignite ice: Welcome to the real world. Tattoos still aren't accepted in every day life and there's a reason for it. They are a blatant distraction to actual productivity. Corporations that want to succeed don't allow them, you won't see them in a real business meeting, and I wouldn't take a police officer seriously if I had a real emergency and they sent an officer covered in tattoos. I'd call back and tell them to send me someone who actually can do their job, someone who actually gives a damn about their appearance and professionalism. Yeah, I am going to judge someone based on their tattoos. They're not cool, and in fifty years, you won't see people with them at all.

Amen

towatchoverme: I like tattoos.

They help easily identify self-loathing Attention Whore people.

That comes in very handy, sometimes.

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: Clearly I'm ordering the wrong calenders.

You and me both.

GungFu: towatchoverme: I like tattoos.

They help easily identify self-loathing Attention Whore people.

That comes in very handy, sometimes.

Wh.. what part of the body is that? Is that a back, and if so, where's the spine!?

telaran: manitobamadman: FTA ,"When you serve the public, the public has certain expectations of what you should look like,'' said Linda Wood, dean of the Institute of Public Safety at Broward College. "You sort of owe it to the public.''

White male,moustash, sunglasses, and a real hard -on for being in a position of authority ?

I take it you see a lot of cops with hard-ons just wandering around?

You think they would be more popular...

ignite ice: Welcome to the real world. Tattoos still aren't accepted in every day life and there's a reason for it. They are a blatant distraction to actual productivity. Corporations that want to succeed don't allow them, you won't see them in a real business meeting, and I wouldn't take a police officer seriously if I had a real emergency and they sent an officer covered in tattoos. I'd call back and tell them to send me someone who actually can do their job, someone who actually gives a damn about their appearance and professionalism. Yeah, I am going to judge someone based on their tattoos. They're not cool, and in fifty years, you won't see people with them at all.

Excellent; you are a moron.

/no tattoos
//don't see any point in judging someone by the mere presence of tattoos
///corporate workplace has no problem with tattoos, piercings, or whatever

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: GungFu: towatchoverme: I like tattoos.

They help easily identify self-loathing Attention Whore people.

That comes in very handy, sometimes.

Wh.. what part of the body is that? Is that a back, and if so, where's the spine!?

Looks like just over the outer hip area, just below the waist

Well, looks like they farked themselves out of plenty of qualified, competent veterans who are looking to go into law enforcement after their contract is up.

adragontattoo: ignite ice: Welcome to the real world. Tattoos still aren't accepted in every day life and there's a reason for it. They are a blatant distraction to actual productivity. Corporations that want to succeed don't allow them, you won't see them in a real business meeting, and I wouldn't take a police officer seriously if I had a real emergency and they sent an officer covered in tattoos. I'd call back and tell them to send me someone who actually can do their job, someone who actually gives a damn about their appearance and professionalism. Yeah, I am going to judge someone based on their tattoos. They're not cool, and in fifty years, you won't see people with them at all.

3/10

You'll get some bites.

*shakes fist*

I plead lack of sleep.