Public Safety
Sometime in 2020, You Could Be Seeing Tattoos on Darien Cops
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Darien Police Department is one of the few in southwest Connecticut that still forbids police officers from showing their tattoos when they’re on the job. Police Chief Donald Anderson has now been authorized by the Police Commission to draw up a “general order” allowing tattoos for the department to present to a future meeting of the commission. A trial period of six months to a year would be prudent, Anderson said, and the chief would have veto power over whether any particular tattoo could be shown when an officer is on the job, he said. He said an officer would be told if the tattoo was rejected for visibility “based on content.” Members of the police union spoke to the commission members at its previous meeting and asked for the change.