Reports are circulating that actor Brad Pitt wrote a letter to the Los Angeles Fire Department regarding their new policies towards firefighters with body art. The policy states that all on-duty firefighters must cover their tattoos.Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles Fire Department tattoo coverup muddles real mission (June 21, 2008) The letter that Brad Pitt is suppose to have written reportedly claims that the requirements jeopardize the safety of the firefighters.Time Square Gossip: Brad Pitt's Stern Firefighter Letter (October 23, 2008)

"[Pitt] thinks it's ridiculous that these guys who risk their lives to help people have these restrictions put upon them." — Unnamed source reported to Star magazineDigital Spy: Pitt protests firefighters' tattoo ban (October 25, 2008)