Ohio Admin. Code 311-1-03.4 - Class B shirt: specifications
(A) There shall be a long-sleeve and
short-sleeve Class B shirt. The construction specifications of this rule apply
to both shirts, except as specifically noted.
(B) Style: The shirt shall be a form fitting,
coat style shirt with a plain front. It shall have two pleated breast pockets
with scalloped flaps, and shoulder straps. The matching inside yoke and collar
band shall be lined with high luster one hundred per cent dacron polyester,
poplin weave.
(1) The sleeves of the
long-sleeve shirt shall have barrel cuffs.
(2) The short-sleeve shirt shall have hemmed
sleeves approximately nine inches long, a full tail, and a convertible
collar.
(C) Collars:
(1) Long-sleeve shirt:
(a) The collar points shall be three inches
long with sewn-in permanent stays. The collar height at the rear shall be one
and one-half inches. The collar shall be top stitched one-quarter inch off the
edge.
(b) The collar stand shall be
one and five-sixteenths inches at the rear. The band shall be die cut and
interlined with dacron (no. 250 in the collar, no. 300 in the band). The collar
band shall be high luster one hundred per cent dacron polyester in a poplin
weave.
(2) Short-sleeve
shirt:
(a) The collar shall be a one-piece
convertible collar measuring three inches long at the points.
(b) The collar shall be lined and top
stitched one-quarter inch off the edge.
(c) The collar shall have permanent sewn-in
stays.
(D)
Shirtfront
(1) The left shirtfront shall have
a top center one and one-half inches wide, with two rows of stitches
seven-eighths inch apart. The stitching on the top center is not to be visible
on the turn-back facing.
(2) The
top center front shall be interlined with no. 550 Mello-Press or an equivalent
lining material. The fronts shall be joined to the yoke so that both raw edges
of the yoke are turned under, with the front sandwiched between, and all three
stitched down with a one-sixteenth inch raised stitch. Safety stitch joining is
unacceptable. The front closure shall be a fifteen inch black nylon zipper, set
below the second button and buttonhole.
(3) The shirtfront shall have seven buttons
and buttonholes. The top, second, and bottom buttons shall be attached to the
right front; the remaining buttons shall be sewn over the buttonholes on the
left front.
(a) The spacing between the
buttons shall be three and one-half inches, except that on the long-sleeve
shirt the spacing between the neck button and the first button shall be three
and one-quarter inches.
(b) The
short-sleeve shirt shall have a reinforcing strip inside the pocket flaps,
yokes, and right shirtfront to provided support for gilt metal
buttons.
(E)
Shoulder straps
(1) Shoulder straps shall
measure two inches at the sleeve heads, tapering to one and five-eighths inches
at the ends. The ends shall be pointed, seven-eighths inch. The length of the
straps shall be graduated to conform to the size of the shirt. The straps shall
be stitched to the shoulders by single-needle machine, with the lines of the
stitching forming an "x. ".
(2)
Gilt buttons shall be attached to the shirt yokes to match the buttonholes in
the pointed ends of the shoulder straps.
(F) Badge piece: The shirt shall have two
small, reinforced, open, horizontal buttonholes, centered vertically on the
left pocket flap and one and one-fourth inches apart. The top buttonhole shall
be placed below the top of the flap.
(G) Breast pockets
(1) Each pocket shall be six inches deep by
five and one-eighths inches wide with mitered corners, box pleats one and
one-half inch wide that are stitched to prevent spreading, a one-half inch hem,
and buttons that match the buttonholes on the pocket flaps.
(2) The left pocket shall have a pencil
compartment one and one-half inches wide, which is stitched down to the bottom
on the pocket.
(3) The right pocket
shall have black velcro tape one inch long by three-eighths inch wide
positioned on both edges of the pocket to secure the outer points of the pocket
flap.
(H) Pocket flaps
(1) The pocket flaps shall be of a deep
scalloped design measuring five and seven-eighths inches across by two and
three-fourths inches deep at the center point of the flap, and two and
one-fourth inches deep at the sides of the flap. The flaps shall be secured to
the shirtfront approximately one-quarter inch above the pocket.
(2) Both flaps shall be interlined with
Mello-Press no. 550 or the equivalent .
(3) The left flap shall have an invisible
pencil opening one and one-half inch wide, corresponding precisely with the
pencil slot of the pocket.
(4) The
left flap shall be sewn shut.
(5)
The underside of the right flap shall have black velcro tape approximately
three-fourths inch long by one-half inch wide positioned on the outer points of
the right pocket flap to secure the flap.
(I) Yokes: The shirt shall have a two-piece
yoke. The outside yoke shall have small buttons topstitched under the
buttonholes in the shoulder straps.
(J) Sleeves
(1) Long sleeves shall be cut straight and
whole, with a sleeve vent five and one-half inches long. The lower facing of
the vent shall be approximately one-half inch wide. The cuff shall be three
inches wide, with rounded corners. The cuff shall have two buttons with
corresponding buttonholes. The sleeve facing of the vent shall have one button
and corresponding buttonhole.
(2)
Short sleeves shall be cut straight and whole, with a three-fourths inch hem.
The length of the sleeve shall be approximately nine to nine and one-fourth
inches, measured from the shoulder seam to the hem.
(K)
Side vents: At
the discretion of the sheriff, vents may be added to either the short-sleeved
shirt or the long-sleeved shirt, or both. If added, the fabric of the vents
shall be black to blend with the shirt fabric.
(1) Long-sleeve shirt:
(a) The buttons shall be first grade nineteen
ligne pearlescent black plastic;
(b) The shirt shall have eyelets under and
protective pieces inside the shoulders and the cuffs to accommodate removable
metal buttons.
(2) The
short-sleeve shirt shall have gilt metal, removable
buttons.
(1) Creases on shirts
with collar sizes fourteen to fifteen and one-half shall be four and
three-fourths inches apart, as measured from the center crease;
(2) Creases on shirts with collar sizes
sixteen to eighteen, inclusive, shall be five and three-eighths inches apart,
as measured from the center crease.
(S) Label: The label of the county
sheriffs' standard car-marking and uniform commission must be permanently
affixed to the underside of the right front breast
pocket.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 311.26, 311.28
Rule Amplifies: 311.28
Prior Effective Dates: 07/01/1976, 07/21/1979, 12/15/2001
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