PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Police Department is drafting its first-ever tattoo policy.
It comes after a controversy erupted over an officer's tattoo.
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The department will not discuss what the policy will prohibit or what officers with tattoos will have to do in the future until it's implemented.
Last September, a photo of Officer Ian Hans Lichtermann taken by a member of the Philadelphia Coalition for Real Justice showed a tattoo of an eagle with the word "Fatherland" over it. The group claimed the image was a Nazi insignia.
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The officer was cleared of any wrongdoing.
The FOP said Lichtermann, who is of German heritage, was just trying to show his pride in the German-American Police Association, which he says uses a similar symbol.
WPVI
A Philadelphia police officer involved an investigation over his tattoo has been cleared by Internal Affairs, Action News has learned. (WPVI)