I am a patch collector. Officers are issued patches upon their appointment to the Police Department. Following that, they are required to purchase their own with the uniform clothing allowance proceeds they are provided with. Due to the size and reputation of our department, many people request patches. Regrettably, to honor those requests would pose a huge financial burden on the Department that we cannot presently meet.
Many individual officers are also patch collectors.
When available, we will post a directory of Philadelphia officers who are receptive to such requests or who want to swap patches. A link to such a directory will appear here when it is completed. We provide this link as a courtesy. It should not be seen as an endorsement of the FOP's retail store operation. Extracts of police reports are available from the Philadelphia Department of Records, Room 167, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215.686-2266.