I totally agree. They claim it helps recruiting. The Maryland State Police allow none of that and yet they just graduated a class of 48 Troopers and AACO struggles to get 10 a class.I bet they also get assaulted less often. I wish I could do a study over the last 40 years or so of the number of assaults on officers as we changed uniform and grooming standards,I bet you see a steady increase as time changed.