Cost

The Sweeny Police Department recognizes the many individuals in the United States and from around the world who collect police patches.  We have received requests from countless police officers, retired officers, military personnel, and private collectors here in the United States and from many other countries.

The cost of our police patch is $4.00 per patch, limit two (2) patches per request.

As of 12-01-2003, the Sweeny Police Department began charging for our police patch.  The demand has exceeded our supply, and without charging, we will be unable to provide our patch to the public.  Only money orders or cashier checks will be accepted for payment.  Personal checks will be returned. NOTE: We can no longer accept foreign requests without payment, either.

The Sweeny Police Department will, upon written request (postal, fax, or e-mail), along with payment received, mail our police patch to individuals who request them.  We ask that it be displayed in an honorable manner and that it not be used or represented in any way which degrades or demeans the Sweeny Police Department or the law enforcement profession.

Send police patch requests to the following address:

Sweeny Police Department

RE:  Patch Request

123 N. Oak Street

Sweeny, TX  77480

USA

Please direct further questions about mailing our police patch to our webmaster.

SWEENY POLICE PATCH - LEGAL USE ONLY

The following section from the Texas Penal Code has been posted here to inform those individuals about the legal penalties for misusing police insignia. 

Texas Penal Code, Section 37.12.

False Identification as Peace Officer.

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person makes, provides to another person, or possesses a card, document, badge, insignia, shoulder emblem, or other item bearing an insignia of a law enforcement agency that identifies a person as a peace officer or a reserve law enforcement officer; and

(2) the person who makes, provides, or possesses the item bearing the insignia knows that the person so identified by the item is not commissioned as a peace officer or reserve law enforcement officer as indicated on the item.

(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that:

(1) the card, document, badge, insignia, shoulder emblem, or other item bearing an insignia of a law enforcement agency clearly identifies the person as an honorary or junior peace officer or reserve law enforcement officer, or as a member of a junior posse;

(2) the person identified as a peace officer or reserve law enforcement officer by the item bearing the insignia was commissioned in that capacity when the item was made; or

(3) the item was used or intended for use exclusively for decorative purposes or in an artistic or dramatic presentation.

(c) In this section, "reserve law enforcement officer" has the same meaning as is given that term in Section 1701.001, Occupations Code.

(d) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly misrepresents an object as property belonging to a law enforcement agency.

(e) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(Effective 9/1/2001)

(A Class B Misdemeanor is punishable with a fine of not more than $2,000 and/or a term of confinement not more than six months in county jail.)