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(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)
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, any person who has been, during their lifetime, a duly and regularly appointed, commissioned and sworn police officer of this city and who was honorably retired from such position prior to June 10, 1940, may retain and carry any badge lawfully issued to them or otherwise lawfully acquired by them during their service or incident to their retirement, provided the word “RETIRED” is plainly shown on such badge, by being engraved or embossed thereon or otherwise permanently affixed thereto.
(b) Retirement. (Amended by Ord. No. 181,594, Eff. 4/10/11.) Pursuant to California Penal Code Section 538d, Subsection (d), the Board of Police Commissioners is authorized to issue a badge to any regular sworn police officer who is honorably retired, which that retired officer may carry. The badge shall be especially adopted or approved for this specific purpose by the Board.
1. The badge shall contain the words “Honorably Retired”, clearly visible in capital letters, blue in color, on a ribbon to be permanently affixed to the badge directly above the scroll containing the rank of the officer. This badge shall be known as the “Retired Officer’s Badge”.
2. Upon the return of a retired officer to active duty or upon demand of the Board, any Retired Officer’s Badge previously issued to that person shall be returned to the Board.
3. The Board is authorized to revoke a badge issued pursuant to this Section in the event of misuse or abuse.
(c) Any honorary badge or other badge lawfully acquired indicating that the bearer occupied public office in the City, upon which appears the bearer’s name and which plainly shows the word “RETIRED” may be retained if lawfully acquired prior to June 10, 1940, by any person who prior to that date held any of the following offices in the government of this City:
1. Mayor,
2. Secretary to the Mayor,
3. Commissioner of any Board,
4. Secretary to any Board,
5. Secretary to the Chief of Police,
6. Councilmember,
7. Any other elective office,
8. Managing officer of any department.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize the use of any badge herein mentioned for any unlawful purpose and any such badge so used may be confiscated by the Board.
(e) Any badge mentioned in this section shall be subject to confiscation by the Board if worn or displayed by any person other than the true owner, and shall be returned to the true owner only upon a showing that such use was without consent, express or implied.
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