Ohio Cop Suspended for Oversized Mustache
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A police officer was suspended for three days without pay in a tussle over whether he whacked his mustache to regulation length.
The facial hair of Officer Ron Dicus was the subject of a three-hour hearing Tuesday night before the Sylvania Township Board of Trustees.
Trustees determined the nine-year police veteran had been insubordinate. Dicus countered that he shortened his bushy mustache once when he was warned and again when he was charged.
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Police Chief Robert Metzger described the 'stache as a "General Custer-type" that extended below the mouth in violation of department policy.
Dicus said he plans to take the dispute to arbitration.