Many police departments don’t allow tattoos to be shown. Brea is testing changing that.

Two owls sitting on a key styled to resemble a tree branch, a Korean warrior surrounded by trees and mountains, a map of North America.

These tattoos are on the bodies of employees in the Brea Police Department — and you may catch a glimpse of them.

The department is in a pilot program allowing personnel to show off their body art.

Brea, in 2019, was the first police department in Orange County to allow officers to grow beards — a change that was well-received by the community, Lt.