Bill Gannon's badge number on Dragnet was 4848.
His badge number was 714.
A police officer should show his badge when he approaches you. If the badge is not visible, ask to see it. If you ask for the badge number, the officer should give it to you. If the officer refuses, you should report it to the police department.
If you are referring to a police officers badge, each officer is assigned a personal identification number. If you had a reason to find out or indicate who a particular officer is or was, you could give his/her badge number, and this number would identify the officer. In other words, the number connects to a name.
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Dragnet 1967 - 1967 The Badge Racket 2-3 was released on: USA: 26 September 1967
It is most commonly referred to as their 'badge' but it is also known as an officer's 'shield.'
I assume you want a badge number to make a complaint. Call the Police Department where the officer works. Then ask for Internal Affairs. They can find out which officer was working in the area where the problem occurred.
If you are referring to the badge that is issued to a law enforcement officer, they only get one, typically with the officers "badge number" affixed to, or engraved on, it. If they are promoted and move to a higher rank they will be issued another badge which reflects their new rank and new number. They can "earn" as many badges as the ranks to which they may be promoted. Upon promotion they surrender their former badge back to the department or agency and it and the number are re-assigned to a new officer. Badge numbers are customarily never 'retired' from use unless the officer that carried it at the time was killed in the line of duty.
You ask the police officer, or they would've turned in their badge,you would see them without a badge.
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In most cases, badges are issued to officers when they graduate from their basic police (academy) training. However, not all badge have numbers, and the officer's "badge number" may not have anything to do with his badge. Most officers do have a number associated with their law enforcement position, but this might be a state commission number, issued by the agency that certifies all officers in that state. In that case, the officer would keep the same number at any agency he worked within that state, even if he changed departments one or more times. The officer's number may be a serial number indicating his seniority among other governmental or department employees.