Sikh NYPD Officers Can Wear Turbans, Beards Under New Rules

 

By Danielle Tcholakian

MIDTOWN — The NYPD has revised its rules to allow Sikh members of the department to wear their turbans and have beards up to one half inch long, Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced on Wednesday.

O'Neill made the announcement after a graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden, flanked by officers wearing navy blue turbans with NYPD badges affixed to them.

The policy change is part of an effort "to continue to make our department as diverse as possible," O'Neill said. "We're making this change to make sure that we allow everybody in New York City that wants to apply and have the opportunity to work for the greatest police department in the nation." 

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Source: dnainfo.com (via The Empire Report)