NYPD Reportedly Going ‘Old School,’ But There’s a Big Detail That Could Have Crooks Cheering

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Out with the new, in with the old.

The NYPD is going back to its “old school” ways when it comes to facial hair and uniforms, according to the New York Post.

The Post obtained a video that shows NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell informing members of the department of the upcoming changes.

“No more beards in about a week. No open collars in about a week. We’re going back to weather restrictions on knit caps,” Chell told members of New York’s finest in the video.

“Basically, what I’m telling everybody in this room is, we’re going back old school,” Chell explained. ”We’re going to bring back some traditions that we kind of lost in the past couple years.”

The NYPD relaxed its facial hair and uniform rules in 2016, as a nod to the growing Sikh population of officers. The department said officers could wear beards and turbans in accord with their religious customs.

However, through the years, officers without religious exemptions starting growing beards, too.

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