“These types of badges may sometimes be sold and ... deceive an ordinary individual into believing it was a genuine police badge.” The punishment is a fine and up to six months in jail ...

SACRAMENTO — The attorney general’s office is reclaiming honorary police-type badges it distributed to its 1,200 staff attorneys, including those in Oakland and San Francisco, because the ...

Sioux City police officers are sporting ... beats and rode horses to answer calls. "Those badges were probably tin stars. It's one of the oldest types we knew that was used. We actually had ...