Hmm, Gary, I work down the street from ya...literally.
There are a lot of people in LE and related fields who have tattoos, but many are from a previous time. I have been with my Dept. for 15 years and got my tattoos in the PI before half of my staff were born - should that be held against me 30+ years later? Fortunately, they don't show below short shirt sleeves. We have had standards for people applying for the job as no gang/racial/offensive/etc., tattoos, and none below the wrist line, IIRC, for any and all applicants, but we have staff with neck tats, head tats, etc., fine officers I am glad to work with who bust their rear ends regularly.
As for the inscription on the dust cover, just dumb, in my book - but nobody reads my book.
