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City Comptroller Wants NYPD Religious Garb Policy Reformed

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by Adel Manoukian City Comptroller John C. Liu called on Mayor Bloomberg today in a letter to reform NYPD’s policy so that Sikh officers can serve their duty without removing their turbans or beards, parts of their religious garb. In the letter, the comptroller commended the mayor for his words of support to the City’s
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Hasidic Police Recruit Fired for His Facial Hair

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NYPD trainee says he was kicked out of the academy for refusing to trim his beard     It was a hairy situation on Friday. Fishel Litzman, a Hasidic NYPD recruit, just a few weeks away from finishing his training, was forced to leave the police academy on Friday because his beard was too long,
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