Visible tattoos taboo at Savannah Police Department

Savannah police Chief Willie Lovett says he has no problem with tattoos. It’s body art, he says. But there is a line, and he's not sure where it is, so Lovett has decided the public shouldn't see them -- whether they are small and almost obscure or if they are huge and colorful.

"This isn't an art gallery, it's a police department," Lovett told the Savannah Morning News. So since June 8, all on-duty police department employees -- those in uniform and those not -- must hide their tattoos under clothing, under bandages or under makeup. "If there's nothing governing tattoos," Lovett told the Savannah newspaper, "we'll get all kinds, all shapes -- a little of everything."