# Police must wear beard nets **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163 "2015-07-25T16:17:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SeniorCitizen007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/1 "2015-07-25T16:17:09Z")
> **[Barefaced cheek: Police dress code aims to net bearded officers](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/police-dress-code-aims-to-net-bearded-gloucestershire-officers-10415776.html)** > > Barefaced cheek of Gloucestershire police's new uniform policy that gives advice on facial hair, visible tattoos and make-up Susan Davenport, the Chief Constable of Gloucestershire came out last year as a lesbian ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/2 "2015-07-25T17:06:23Z")
I like peanut butter. Can you swim? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/3 "2015-07-25T17:11:53Z")
Beard nets are ridiculous. And complaining about coppers wearing bronzer? That’s just being silly. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/4 "2015-07-25T17:29:35Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/5 "2015-07-25T17:54:50Z")
Well, if men have to wear beard nets, then women with longer hair must wear [snoods](https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/1/5366468/il_fullxfull.272361366.jpg). It’s only fair! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/6 "2015-07-25T19:25:44Z")
I think all male police officers should be required to wear a [beard of bees](http://www.framestore.com/sites/default/files/styles/hero_720x406px/public/work/beebeard.jpg?itok=Vij0hjQc). ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/7 "2015-07-25T19:50:39Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Well, if men have to wear beard nets, then women with longer hair must wear [snoods](https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/1/5366468/il_fullxfull.272361366.jpg). It’s only fair! What about a beard snood? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/8 "2015-07-25T20:24:34Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > What about a beard snood? That would just be silly. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/9 "2015-07-25T23:56:29Z")
> [@SeniorCitizen007](#): > > [www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/police-dress-code-aims-to-net-bearded-gloucestershire-officers-10415776.html](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/police-dress-code-aims-to-net-bearded-gloucestershire-officers-10415776.html) > > Susan Davenport, the Chief Constable of Gloucestershire came out last year as a lesbian What does that sentence have to do with anything? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/10 "2015-07-26T00:11:13Z")
I think she was attempting to make some sort of ill-conceived labored “beard” pun in connection with closeted gays. Maybe? ---
**Author:** ![SeniorCitizen007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/11 "2015-07-26T14:32:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What does that sentence have to do with anything? 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. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/12 "2015-07-26T14:41:19Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-must-wear-beard-nets/726163/13 "2015-07-26T14:44:14Z")
> [@SeniorCitizen007](#): > > Suggesting that there is possibly a direct connection is risky as one may be committing a criminal offence under UK law. Well, that’s a close shave then.