Why do police wear a black band over their badges? What to know about mourning protocol

Police officers mourning one of their own killed in the line of duty will wear mourning bands, a black elastic band stretched ...

Stevens Point officer designs commemorative badge for US 250th anniversary

A Stevens Point Police officer has designed a commemorative badge for the department to mark the 250th anniversary of the ...
Standard-Examiner

Ogden City Police Department issues officers new badges based on historical design

Ogden police officers are pictured in 1926 wearing the badge design that the department's new badges are based on. OGDEN — It isn’t often that law enforcement agencies get a new badge design. Over the ...
Reuters

Fact Check: NOPD Superintendent wears police badge inverted as per tradition

New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick wearing her police badge “upside down” is part of a longstanding department tradition that underlines her leadership role, not a ...
C&G Newspapers

Southfield police give out 300 books, 85 gunlocks so far as 2 giveaways remain

SOUTHFIELD — The Police Department is halfway through the four dates of its Badges & Books initiative, and so far it has given out approximately 300 gently used books and 85 new gunlocks to community ...