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No department of the City Government shall use a design or insignia for an official badge for said department identical with or similar to an official police officer’s badge or civilian badge, or special police officer’s badge. (Amended by Ord. No. 112,577, Eff. 2/12/59.)
(Title Amended by Ord. No. 139,522, Eff. 12/21/69.)
A. The Board shall at all times keep a record of all badges issued by the said Board, which record shall show, among other things, the name and present residence address of the person to whom each badge was issued and the rank and number on the face of said badge.
B. The Board shall, at all times, keep a record of all news media identification cards issued by the said Board, which record shall show, among other things, the name and present residence address of each person to whom such a card was issued, the name and address of the newspaper, news service, radio or television station represented, and the consecutive serial number of each card. (Amended by Ord. No. 139,522, Eff. 12/21/69. )
(Amended by Ord. No. 112,577, Eff. 2/12/59.)
A. No person shall manufacture, make, sell, design, or transfer any official police officer’s badge, civilian badge, or special police officer’s badge without the written authorization of the Board therefor; such person may deliver such badges only to the Board, and may manufacture only the number of badges authorized by the Board. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the manner in which contracts for the purchases of badges by the City shall be let, as provided in Section 380 of the Charter. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,276, Eff. 6/25/00, Oper. 7/1/00.)
B. No person shall manufacture, make, sell, design or transfer any badge, star, shield, miniature, ring, charm or insignia, regardless of size, shape or design, which has on it the words “Los Angeles Police” or “Los Angeles Detective,” whether used separately, together, or in a combination with any other words indicating a connection with the Los Angeles Police Department, or which is identical in design with or which resembles or may be mistaken for, the design of the official police officer’s badge, civilian badge, or special police officer’s badge, except as provided for in subsection A. hereof.
The Police Badge Revolving Fund heretofore established shall be at all times administered by the Chief of Police. The payment for any and all police officers’ badges or civilian badges shall be turned into this fund. Said fund shall be used for the manufacture, replating and repairing of badges of any and all types, sizes and designs heretofore or hereafter approved and issued by the Board or the Chief of Police, irrespective of whether the same are special police officers’ badges, civilian badges, or official police officers’ badges. (Amended by Ord. No. 112,577, Eff. 2/12/59.)
All official police officers’ badges, civilian badges, and news media identification cards shall be the property of the City of Los Angeles, and shall at no time become the personal property of any individual. When any person shall sever their connection with the Police Department, or shall retire on pension, it shall be the person’s duty to return their official police officer’s badge or civilian badge to the Board. When any person shall sever their connection with a newspaper, publication, news service, television or radio station, it shall be the person’s duty to return their news media identification card to the Board. (Amended by Ord. No. 139,522, Eff. 12/21/69.)
(Amended by Ord. No. 139,522, Eff.12/21/69.)
The Board shall appoint an officer of the Police Department to be the custodian of all badges and news media identification cards, and no official police officer’s badge, special police officer’s badge, civilian badge or news media identification card shall be issued to any person except by the custodian, who shall make a complete record of all badges and all news media identification cards so distributed, and shall distribute the same only as prescribed in this article.
The said custodian shall be responsible for the delivery of said badges and news media identification cards, and it shall be the custodian’s duty to recall any and all badges of persons who have severed their connections with the Police Department or who have retired on pension.
It shall be the custodian’s further duty to recall any and an news media identification cards of persons who have given up their positions as news-gathering representatives of newspapers, publications, news services, radio or television stations.
It shall be the custodian’s further duty to recall any and all special police officers’ badges from any person who have ceased to perform the duties of special police officers.
(Title Amended by Ord. No. 139,522, Eff. 12/21/69.)
A. No person shall have in their possession any official police officer’s badge, civilian badge or special police officer’s badge or news media identification card which has not been lawfully issued to the person according to the provisions of this article. No person shall possess any such card or badge after their right to use such card or badge has been terminated. (Amended by Ord. No. 139,522, Eff. 12/21/69.)
B. No person shall have in their possession any other badge, star, shield, miniature, ring, charm or insignia, regardless of the size, shape or design thereof, which has on it the words, “Los Angeles Police” or “Los Angeles Detective”, whether used separately, together or in combination with any other words indicating a connection with the Los Angeles Police Department, or which is identical in design with or which so resembles an official police officer’s badge, civilian badge, or special police officer’s badge that it may be readily mistaken for any of such badges. (Amended by Ord. No. 112,577, Eff. 2/12/59.)
C. No person who is not a regular police officer, or one entitled to wear a civilian badge, or a special police officer shall wear or display any badge, star or insignia, calculated to indicate that the person is a member of or connected with the Police Department of the City of Los Angeles. (Amended by Ord. No. 112,577, Eff. 2/12/59)
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