Appearance Standards

The Los Santos Police Service is a professional organisation with an important role to play in the city of Los Santos. To help ensure that the public has confidence in the service's professionalism, its members must be professional in appearance in terms of their uniform and personal grooming. 

If it has been found that an officer has breached the standards of appearance policy then they may be issued a written warning. 

2. Hair 

It should be clean, neat and tidy. It should be worn so that it is cut or secured above the collar and ears and presents a professional image. Hair motifs, patterns and extreme styles are not appropriate and should not prevent the wearing of headgear. Your primary hair colour cannot be a wild colour it has to be black, brown, or blond. You may have any colour highlights.

2.1 Facial Hair

In general police officers should be clean-shaven. Fully grown beards and other facial hair should be kept clean, neat and tidy.

3. Cosmetics 

You are permitted to wear minimal makeup appropriate to your natural skin tone or in connection with your religion/faith. You may also wear makeup to conceal a facial disfigurement or significant blemish.

4. Visible Tattoos 

Visible tattoos are unacceptable if they could reasonably be interpreted as discriminatory or offensive and/or indicate attitudes or views inconsistent with the Code of Ethics and the Standards of Professional Behaviour.

5. Jewellery

You are permitted to wear a watch, a band ring (eg, a wedding, civil partnership, engagement, eternity or modest signet ring), small stud earrings and a necklace (provided this is worn under clothing and is not visible)

6. Masks

An officer must only wear a mask when it is operationally necessary. You must not wear a mask inside of a police station unless there is approval from Insp+ or;

• You are a CTSFO guarding a subject inside a police station; or

• You are an undercover CID officer who needs to remain anonymous around members of the public; or

• Medical Reasons(Note that these may affect your ability to patrol).

There are no other valid defences to wearing a mask.

 See section the identification for further mask/identification policies.

7. Stab/Ballistic Vests

Unless in plain clothes, a suit or formal uniform whenever an officer is outside of a police station on duty they must be wearing either a stab or ballistic vest. 

8. Equipment Belt

Unless in plain clothes, a suit or formal uniform whenever an officer is outside of a police station on duty they must be wearing an equipment belt.

•  If an officer is carrying a taser this belt must have a taser holder on it;

• If an officer is carrying a pistol they must have either the pistol holder on an equipment belt or wear another appropriate holster. 

9. Markings inside Police Stations