page_title: San Francisco Police Department
section_title: Uniform
hierarchical_section_title: San Francisco Police Department / Equipment / Uniform
caption_attribution_description: present and accounted for&#160;: pink saturday, san francisco (2012)
context_page_description: The San Francisco Police Department is the city police department of the City and County of San Francisco, California. The department's motto is the same as that of the city and county: Oro en paz, fierro en guerra, Spanish for Gold in peace, iron in war.
  The SFPD is distinct from the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, which is another county law enforcement agency within San Francisco. The SFPD serves an estimated population of 1.2 million, including the daytime-commuter population and the thousands of other tourists and visitors, in the second most densely populated large city in North America. In 2000, it was the 11th largest police department in the United States.
  The SFPD has been embroiled in numerous controversies related to corruption and racial discrimination. A 2016 report by the Department of Justice concluded that there was significant of racial bias in SFPD treatment of African-Americans.
context_section_description: The standard uniform is composed of a dark blue shirt and pants, with black braid, brass buttons which are stamped with the city seal and "SF POLICE." The black braid down the length of the pant increases in width as one advances up the ranks.
  Mounted police have a gold stripe going down the uniform pants
  Traffic Company have the "winged wheel" patch on the right sleeve of any long sleeve garment
  The Peaked cap of the officers has an 8-Point design unlike the "air force smooth cap" design of the LAPD or SFFD. The hat is adorned with a brass hat piece depicting the Arms of San Francisco.
  The uniform "badge" for Officers rank is a sterling silver seven-point star of a design basically unchanged since 1849. The terms "badge" or "shield" are not used by the department in any form. The "badge" worn by all officers of the department is referred to as a "star" and is recognized as such by the City and the department. Officers' stars are smooth polished metal, while those of Sergeants and above have decorative engraved designs. Those of Inspectors and above are 10k gold-filled badges instead of silver.
  The uniform originally had no patch, as with officers of the LAPD. It was not until 1969 that the patch, incorporating the San Francisco crest of arms, phoenix and city motto was added to the uniform in 1970, adorning both sleeves.
caption: 3 SFPD officers in uniform.
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