History - Historic Badges and Current Ranks

 

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CALEA


 
Emergency   911

Non-
Emergency  832-4400
The insignias shown are the current rank insignias of the Department.
 
"Metal" rank insignia is worn one set on each side of the collar:
 
Chief of Police Asst. Chief (Chief of Staff)     Asst. Chief Deputy Chief
Chief of Police Assistant Chief Asst. Chief (seen in photo but no longer in use) Commander
       
Lieutenant Commander Captain  
Lieutenant Commander(seen but no longer in use) Captain (still seen in some photos but are no longer in use)
       
Cloth insignia is worn one patch per sleeve between the shoulder and elbow:
 
Sergeant Senior Police Officer or Senior Police Officer or Senior Police Officer or
Sergeant Senior Police Officer or
Detective over 20 years
Senior Police Officer or
Detective over 15 years
Senior Police Officer or
Detective over 10 years
       
Advanced Police Officer Longevity stripes    
Advanced Police Officer
or Detective over 5 years
Longevity stripes are worn by all officers; gold for supervisors and white for officers. They are worn on the left sleeve of the long sleeve shirt between the wrist and elbow. Each stripe signifies three years of service (pictured is nine years of service).
       


Police Badge
2004-present
             
Below are some of the historic badges that have been worn by El Paso Police Department's officers at some point or another.  Dates of use are generally not known and this does not include all badges ever used.  In one early 1900's photo alone, 5 different badges can be distinguished.
             
Police Badge   Police Badge   Police Badge    
             
Police Badge   Police Badge   Police Badge   Police Badge
This badge was most likely used during the late 1800's and early 1900's.   This badge was used during the early 1900's, this was the badge style worn by Officer Drake when he was killed in 1918.   This badge was likely used
during the early 1900's.
  1989-2004
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