No Board or member thereof, or officer or employee of the City of Los Angeles shall:
(A) Issue any special Police Officer’s badge, civilian badge or any official police officer’s badge except to persons lawfully entitled thereto under the provisions of this Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 112,577, Eff. 2/12/59.)
(B) Issue to any person whomsoever any honorary police badge or any other badge calculated to indicate that the holder thereof is a member of or connected with the Police Department of the City of Los Angeles, except that special police officers’ badges and official police officers’ badges may be issued to persons lawfully entitled thereto as elsewhere provided in this code. (Amended by Ord. No. 112,577, Eff. 2/12/59.)
(C) Assign, sell, give away or authorize the transfer or use of any badge, the issuance of which is prohibited by this article.