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Patrol Officer Matthew Mallard, left, and Cpl. Dustin Cross show off their scruff as the Statesboro Police Department begins it's No-Shave November fundraiser.

W 110315 NO SHAVE COPS — Patrol Officer Matthew Mallard, left, and Cpl. Dustin Cross show off their scruff as the Statesboro Police Department begins it's No-Shave November fundraiser.

Some local law enforcement officers may appear a bit scruffy lately, but it’s for a good cause. Normally, policy mandates Statesboro police officers be clean-shaven, but this is the second year Statesboro cops are allowed to ditch the razors for a few weeks as they participate in the second annual “No-shave November” fund raiser, said Statesboro Police Major Rob Bryan. Locally, it’s officially called “Beards for the Boro.”