Police memorabilia collecting is a hobby involving the collection and trading of law enforcement related patches or badges^[1], and other memorabilia including bobby helmets, training manuals, police medals, and historic artifacts such as turn-of-the-century screw-based handcuffs and police-box globes. A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. ... A piece of fabric. ... A Badge is a device, patch, or accoutrement which is presented or displayed to annote some feat of service, a special accomplishment, or as a simple means of identification. ... Crest-type custodian helmet; in this case with the Hampshire Constabularys atypical badge The custodian helmet is the correct name for the style of helmet worn by British police officers. ... Hiatts Speedcuffs in holster, as used by UK police A model wearing handcuffs, waist chain, and thumbcuffs Old handcuffs Handcuffs are restraints designed to secure an individuals wrists close together. ...

Public collection

Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, many laws have been enacted which control possession of law enforcement insignia for security purposes, and this has impacted civilian collecting because they do not want the patches to be given to anyone other than law enforcement officers. In addition to this, patch reproductions have also become a problem amongst collectors, and most serious historians regard the reproductions as having no value. Various organizations, such as the California Law Enforcement Historical Society, sponsor annual events which spotlight the historical significance of preserving accurate information for future generations. A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

There are several publications tailored for those who pursue police patch collecting:

• Police Collectors News, Baldwin, Wisconsin, first printed in 1986, monthly
• Police Insignia Collectors Association Magazine (begun in 1974), monthly
• The Encyclopedia of Federal Law Enforcement Patches Raymond Sherrard (2000)
• Sheriff's insignia of the United States James V. Claflin (1997)
• The California Patch Book Randall Grago (1996)

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Between agencies

Patch for the Avon and Somerset Constabulary at the New York City Police Museum in New York City

Police memorabilia is also exchanged between police forces themselves. The exchange of patches has begun to be seen as a sign of respect and cooperation between agencies since patches came into more common use in the 1920s for agency identity^{[citation needed]}. With the development of more modern communication between various law enforcement agencies, the trading of insignia has become widespread. One particular example can be seen at the New York Police Department's Museum in New York City, where hundreds of police badges and patches are on display, including those from other American forces, and all constabularies of the United Kingdom police force, as well as forces from South East Asia and Australia. Avon & Somerset Constabulary is a police force in England covering the county of Somerset and the districts of South Gloucestershire, Bristol, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset; these districts were the now defunct county of Avon hence the forces name. ... The New York City Police Museum (NYCPM) celebrates the history and contributions of the 158-year history of the New York City Police Department. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... The New York City Police Department (NYPD) , the largest police department in the United States, has primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

Museums

• The Greater Cincinnati Police Historical Society Museum
• Cleveland Police Historical Society Museum
• Maryland State Police Museum, Pikesville
• New York City Police Museum
• Hong Kong Police Museum
• Winnipeg Police Museum
• Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum
• Thames Valley Police Museum
• Sheffield Fire and Police Museum
• Rotary Museum of Police and Corrections, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
• Alaska State Troopers Museum

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See also

• Patch collecting
• A list of police rank badges from around the world
• Souvenir
• United States law enforcement decorations
• Police Museum

Souvenir patch/badge collecting is called scutelliphily, from Latin scutellus, meaning little shield, and Greek phileein, meaning to love, in other words the love or study of little shields, which is a neat description of most souvenir badges (usually called badges in Britain, patches in the U.S.) It is... Police rank, or simply rank, is a system of grading seniority and command within police forces and other law enforcement organizations. ... Look up souvenir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... United States law enforcement decorations are various pseudo-military awards which are awarded by the police forces of the United States of America. ...

External links

• The Constabulary, a collectors site
• British Police memorabilia collection website
• Police Insignia Collectors Association
• California Law Enforcement Historical Society

References

1. ^ In the United States, the distinction is that patches are embroidered insignia, whereas badges are metallic or plastic items affixed to a uniform

• British Police memorabilia collection website
• PICA