AP A New York City police officer shows the required length of a beard for Muslim men. Police departments nationwide are relaxing grooming standards to attract a wider pool of officers.
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Despite a last-ditch plea from the leader of the city’s Commission on Human Relations, Pittsburgh City Council members Tuesday approved a revision to a law protecting city residents from discrimination because of their hairstyles. The revision removes language that extends protection to beards and other facial hair. “We must value people,” Jam Hammond, acting director of the Commission on Human Relations, told council members.