311-1-03.1. Class B trousers: fabric specifications  


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  • (A) The Class B trousers shall be made of polyester-wool blend fabric, micropoly, or one hundred per cent polyester fabric. Trousers made of one hundred per cent polyester fabric are not recommended for wear by patrol officers.

    (B) Polyester-wool blend trousers shall conform to the following fabric specifications:

    (1) Weave: gabardine with washable finish.

    (2) Weight: fourteen to fourteen and one-half ounces per linear yard on a sixty-inch width.

    (3) Content: a blend of fifty-five per cent dacron polyester and forty-five per cent worsted wool.

    (4) Breaking strength: two hundred twenty-five pounds warp, one hundred pounds fill.

    (5) Construction: one hundred twenty-two ends per inch, sixty picks per inch.

    (6) Color: sage grey .

    (C) One hundred per cent polyester trousers shall conform to the following fabric specifications:

    (1) Weave: gabardine twill. Knit fabric is not acceptable.

    (2) Weight: six ounces per square yard.

    (3) Content: one hundred per cent polyester with 2/150/48 two ply warp and filling yarn.

    (4) Strength: plus or minus fifty pounds tensile; plus or minus fifteen hundred grams tear.

    (5) Construction: sixty-four to sixty-five inches finish width, fifty-three to fifty-six picks per inch, and sixty-six ends per inch.

    (6) Color: sage gray heather .

    (7) Stretch rating: six to ten warp stretch, ten to fourteen filling stretch.

    (8) Wash shrinkage: a rating of plus or minus 4.0 on scale of 5.0 after three washings at one hundred seventy degrees Farenheight.

    (9) Pilling: a rating of plus or minus 4.0 on a scale of 5.0 after three washings at one hundred degrees Fahrenheit.


Effective: 11/11/2019
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 6/19/2019 and 11/11/2024
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