Male Detroit police officers can now sport a beard and female officers stud earrings thanks to "hipper" chief.

The Detroit Police Department lifted its ban on beards by allowing trimmed beards and goatees, the Associated Press reports. In the past, officers could only wear a neatly-trimmed mustache unless they had an approved medical condition.

Detroit police chief James Craig, who sports a mustache, told the Detroit Free Press that having a beard has "no bearing on how good they would do on the job."

"I thought officers should be able to wear the beard," Craig told Freep. "It doesn't have anything to do with being less professional."

In addition, female officers are now permitted to wear a pair of stud earrings in either gold, silver or black. Craig said he would consider allowing men to wear stud earrings if enough "people made enough noise."

Detroit assistant chief Steve Dolunt, who dubbed his boss as "hipper," said via A.P. that a sharp-looking officer dons a "creased uniform" and is "clean-shaven."