In other cities, citizens have complained that police officers have covered their names or badges. City officials in Chicago, New York and Seattle have said that practice is unacceptable.

State Police officials said last week they did not issue Freilich a badge. Freilich said they gave it to him in 1995. The agency has a policy against issuing so-called "honorary" badges.

Walker showed what appeared to be a police badge at a debate on Friday. Georgia Republican Senatorial candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a campaign event on October 11, 2022 in Carrollton, Georgia.

Herschel Walker defended the honorary sheriff’s badge that he flashed during a debate last week, ... I have the right to work with the police and get things done,” he added.

A Buffalo man who admitted forcibly removing the badge and radio of a beaten Washington, D.C., police officer during the U.S. Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 50 months in prison.

Boxford Police Chief James Riter, Polonsky said, knew it would be an honor for father and daughter and said Polonsky could pass his badge on. “I wouldn’t say it happens a lot, but yes it does ...

As I stood in the darkening parking lot off Anderson Street while glaring blue police car lights pierced my eyes, Duke Police Sgt. Andrew Pendley gave my newfound best friends in Duke Citizens Police ...