TATTOOS, BRANDING AND BODY PIERCING WHAT ABOUT Tat Stats
A recent Harris poll found one in five U.S. adults reported they had at least one tattoo. Women are slight- ly more likely to have a tattoo (23%) versus men (19%). A Pew Research Center survey showed roughly 40% of adults between 18 and 29 have one tattoo and 50% of those with tattoos had more than one. The number of tattoo artists has also increased in the United States from 500 in 1960 to more than 10,000 in 1995. A survey conducted in Kansas on whether their state troopers should be allowed to have tattoos disclosed nearly 20,000 of the respondents already had tattoos and 69% said the department should not have a policy prohibiting visible tattoos.
Do you have a policy on tattoos, branding and body piercing by your employees? If not, it is something you may want to consider.
It has been widely reported that the Philadelphia Police Department implemented a new tattoo policy effective March 1. This first-ever Philadelphia PD tattoo policy forbids on-duty officers from having “of- fensive, extremist, indecent, racist or sexist tattoos.” The policy was implemented following a controversy regarding one of its police bike officers who was photographed with a tattoo of a spread-winged eagle closely resembling a symbol of the Nazi Party and the word “Fatherland” above it in gothic letters. Photos of the officer went viral. The new Philadelphia Police Department policy forbids head, face, neck and scalp tattoos and extreme body modifications, like tongue-splitting. Officers who already have tattoos in violation of the new directive must cover them up with makeup or clothing.
By BOB EVNEN, Woods & Aitken LLP
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