Police must wear beard nets

Susan Davenport, the Chief Constable of Gloucestershire came out last year as a lesbian

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Beard nets are ridiculous.

And complaining about coppers wearing bronzer? That’s just being silly.

Sounds to me like someone didn’t like how much makeup the women are wearing but didn’t want to come off as sexist so they came up with this “complementary” rule.
If I were there, I’d suggest that any women that have facial hair must be required to shave as well or wear a hairnet.

I assume nothing will become of it after it dies down. I doubt there’s a law that says they can’t have a beard and wearing a beard net will interfere with their job.

Well, if men have to wear beard nets, then women with longer hair must wear snoods. It’s only fair!

I think all male police officers should be required to wear a beard of bees.

What about a beard snood?

That would just be silly.

What does that sentence have to do with anything?

I think she was attempting to make some sort of ill-conceived labored “beard” pun in connection with closeted gays. Maybe?

Other than a comment on the fact that Gloucestershire Police have been in the news twice recently in ways that catch the attention of the nation there’s no connection. Suggesting that there is possibly a direct connection is risky as one may be committing a criminal offence under UK law.

How is it a comment on anything when you made no such comment? It looks like you were suggesting a direct connection between the two stories, although it’s such a convoluted connection I can’t see it.

Well, that’s a close shave then.