From turbans to piercings and tattoos: Dallas police join a decade-long national shift in uniform standards

From turbans to piercings and tattoos: Dallas police join a decade-long national shift in uniform standards

For the second time in less than a year, Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux has told his 3,000-plus officers to relax a little when it comes to uniform standards. As The Dallas Express previously reported, cutting out “outdated tattoo and beard policies” was already flagged as a recruitment priority under the city’s post-2024 charter mandate to grow the department to 4,000 officers, and now even more modern changes have been made. A recent inter…