Police ID Lanyard

ValorGear.com announces the arrival of Deluxe woven lanyards to hold your ID. It has a detachable swivel hook so you can snap off your ID to use at access control stations. In additional, it has a breakaway feature if pulled on so that you will not choke. 

They come imprinted for either POLICE, SHERIFF, SECURITY, SPECIAL AGENT, FIRE and EMS.

Visit www.valorgear.com for these deluxe woven lanyards as well as a full range of police equipment including custom police badges, fire badges, security badges and stock badges such as fugitve recovery agent, concealed weapons permit and security enforcement officer.

Citation Bars

Law enforcement adopted the use of citation bars as recognition of service and personnel accomplishments from the United States military. The United States military awards and decorations are called military decorations which recognize service and personnel accomplishments while a member of the United States armed forces. Together with military badges, such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a service member’s career. Each of the five military services maintains a separate series of badges and decorations and each have a set of regulations as to how and where they are to be worn on their uniform and at what times they should be worn.

Initially, a military decoration was comprised of a medal and a ribbon. The first awards were comprised of a ribbon that would be worn around the neck. Later, the back of the ribbon came equipped with a metal fastener very similar to a safety pin that would be pinned to the uniform. The medal portion was a gold plated piece of metal that was molded to a specific design with a ribbon attached to the top that could be pinned to a uniform.

Later the military began using colored ribbons that would symbolize the medal. The citation ribbon was cloth material either in a solid color or multiple colors to differentiate the type of award that was being displayed and represented the medal that was awarded. They were and are presently made out of a fabric material and attached to a metal bar for support. These ribbon citation bars were smaller than the original medals and could be worn on uniforms to outwardly display a service member’s accomplishments. These ribbon citation bars could then be worn horizontally and one could have many rows of different bars to represent the service member’s many accomplishments.

Today, law enforcement personnel follow this same concept of wearing several ribbon citation bars which are more manageable for everyday wear. Some departments still wear the commendations over the right breast, very much like the military. Other departments wear all of the awards on the left breast, in a leather citation bar holder.  The leather citation bar holder could also hold a badge and nameplate on the bottom, and the all the awards could be worn above the badge. The highest award would be placed at the top of the holder and lesser citations would be below it, in order of importance.

Car Jacking

Get Out of the Car!

(This is supposedly a true account recorded in the Police Log of Sarasota, Florida)

An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at the top of her lungs, “I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!” The four men didn’t wait for a second threat. They got out and ran like mad.

The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the driver’s seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried, and then she realized why. It was for the same reason she had wondered why there was a football, a Frisbee and two 12-packs of beer in the front seat.

A few minutes later, she found her own car parked four or five spaces further down. She loaded her bags into the car and drove to the police station to report her mistake. The sergeant to whom she told the story couldn’t stop laughing. He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale men were reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly women described as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large handgun.

No charges were filed.

Moral of the story? If you’re going to have a senior moment…make it memorable.

Fire Department Badges

For many reasons, most people associate badges mainly with police or government law enforcement officers. However, there are many other public service individuals that wear badges. Those individuals are your local fire and EMS personnel.  Although fire department personnel are more known for wearing badges than EMS or Emergency Medical Service personnel, in some cases they are even more proud to wear a badge. This may be because in some areas of the country the local fire department personnel volunteer are unpaid volunteers and are really proud of the badge that they wear. In fact, they are more eager to wear a badge that promotes their department and what they do

If you are one of these fire department personnel and are interested in obtaining new fire badges or you are just looking for a manufacturer that is as interested in your badge, please contact us at ValorGear.com. We carry a complete line of  police badges, security badges, ems badges and especially fire badges and we are just as excited as you are about your badge and would be happy to assist you with your fire badges.

In addition, we have a complete line of police equipment, including stock badges, wallets and ID cases, rank insignia emblems & patches that fits your needs.

Please visit us at ValorGear.com if you have any questions.

How a Police Badge is Made

If you ever wondered how a custom police badge is made, then you have to view this clip. It show the various steps involved to make a custom police badge.

What is a Badge

badge (bâj) n. 1a. something worn to show that a person belongs to a certain occupation, school, class, club, or society. Ex. Policemen and firemen wear badges. The Red Cross badge is a red cross on a white background. (SYN) insigne. b. something worn to show achievement or proficiency. Ex. The scout’s badge was for bravery. 2. (Figurative.) a symbol or sign. Ex. Chains are a badge of slavery. (SYN) token, emblem. v.t. to mark with, or distinguish by, a badge.

RFID Embedded Badges

I found a interesting article about the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) in badges. The full story can be read at www.rinf.com. The story goes on to further explain the technology and its use. The manufacturer has been promoting this technology to use in place of a key card system like ones used to restrict access to buildings or offices.

You can find additional information and related news stories on this site.

Duty Belts

A police duty belt is a leather or nylon belt designed for police or security officers to carry a wide assortment of equipment in a readily-accessible manner. Most duty belts have a width of 2-1/4 inches. The leather belt is considered to be more traditional and professional in appearance. In contrast, a nylon duty belt is generally less expensive, lighter, and easier to maintain. The most common color for duty belts in service with law enforcement personnel and security officers is black. However, in some instances brown leather can be used in place of black to match the color of the officer’s uniform.

While there are many manufactures of duty belts, we carry a selection of belts manufactured by HWC Police Equipment Company.

For more information regarding duty belts as well as a wide range of leather and nylon holders and accessories for police equipment and law enforcement products, visit ValorGear.com.

Emergency Medical Service

For many reasons, most people associate badges mainly with police or government law enforcement officers. However, there are many other public service individuals that wear badges. Those individuals are your local fire and EMS personnel. While they are not as known and recognized for wearing badges like the police, they are none the less as proud to wear a badge. In some areas of the country, the local EMS or Emergency Medical Service personnel volunteer their time and as a result are even more proud to wear a badge. In fact, they are more eager to wear a badge that promotes their department to others.

If you are one of these EMS or Emergency Medical Service personnel and are interested in obtaining new badge or you are just looking for a manufacturer that is as interested in your badge, please contact us at ValorGear.com. We carry a complete like of stock badges for police, fire, security and especially Emergency Medical Service personnel and we are just as excited as you are about your badge and would be happy to assist you with your EMS badges.

In addition, we have a complete line of police equipment, including stock badges, wallets and ID cases, rank insignia emblems & patches that fits your needs.

Please visit us at ValorGear.com if you have any questions.

American Flag

The American flag has long been the symbol for freedom and freedom and rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights and perhaps most of all to be a symbol of individual and personal liberty as set forth in the Declaration of Independence. The flag is a complex and contentious symbol, around which emotions run high.

It is because of this that the American flag is proudly displayed and worn by those individual in the military and the police. As a matter of fact, just about every police officer’s uniform has an American flag patch on either one or both arms.

If you are looking for a source for American flag patches, they can be found at many uniform stores around the country. However, ValorGear.com has recently added a complete line of emblems and patches which includes the American flag patch. They offer a complete line of police equipment.

They can be contact on the internet at www.valorgear.com.