Occasionaly, I would see cops with black stripes, one or more on their badges. I was wondering why this happens, and why would cops wear more than one at a time?
2007-03-13 15:26:32 · 14 answers · asked by endsjustmeans 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
P.S. From what I know, these don't represent rank.
2007-03-13 15:31:37 · update #1
P.P.S. What if I see more than one band?
2007-03-13 15:32:51 · update #2
A black band placed across the badge itself represents the death of a fellow officer. The officer wearing the band across his or her badge is doing so in remembrance of a fellow officer, usually one killed in the line of duty. Many NYPD have been wearing them since 9/11
2007-03-13 17:22:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nypd Badges By Rank
2016-11-16 08:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scare tactic . They are saying : If I do something to you ,you will not get my badge number . It is illegal , even when it is occasionally done as a sign of mourning . I have never heard of this practice except when a police officer comes into another state unexpectedly . In that case they might do this to prevent a mix up in Badge numbers . There would be no reason for a bounty hunter to do this except ,as I said before , which is to make an ID difficult , unless there was a particular state law requiring it . Some police depts. have a cloth band that will go around their badge in case of a death in the line of duty . But this is usually limited to those cops within the particular precinct . AND it can not block the badge number . I have not heard of a (major) police dept. , within the past 20 years ,with the badge numbers on the back . Although in times previous many Law Enforcement Badges had no numbers at all . In NYC I can remeber at least 3 or 4 times officers were accused of putting electrical tapeover their badge numbers during riot control , for the purpose of not being identified .
2016-03-28 22:26:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black stripes across a badge indicates that an officer has recently fallen. It is a mark of respect to a police officer who has paid the ultimate sacrifice to keep the rest of us safe and able to live in a society of law.
2007-03-13 15:32:05 · answer #4 · answered by Rick N 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Usually when you see a uniformed police officer with a black "mourning Band" on their badge, it signifies that an officer in their department was killed in the line of duty. I have not seen more than one mourning band worn at one time.
2007-03-14 11:15:00 · answer #5 · answered by Paul G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mourning strips for fallen officers in the line of duty.
These black strips are worn by officer for a given period of time to remember a fallen officer.
2007-03-13 15:32:17 · answer #6 · answered by Sgt 524 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are called mourning bands. When a peace officer dies in the line of duty, officers would wear mourning bands until after the funeral.
2007-03-13 21:35:57 · answer #7 · answered by xtina221 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a fallen officer. two bands mean more than one officer fell. the officer that died doesn't have to have fallen in the line of duty, they could have commited suicide, had a heart attack, dies of natural causes and so on. the bands are call mourning bands and it just symbolizes the comrodary between the officers, their brother in blue...
2007-03-13 16:33:55 · answer #8 · answered by friendly_future_cop 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is to memorialize an officer or firefighter that has fallen in the line of duty.
2007-03-13 15:31:37 · answer #9 · answered by phxfet 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is in mourning for an officer who died in the line of duty.
2007-03-14 00:51:02 · answer #10 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋