That's a good find. The main thing though is to figure out who used the badge first and why. Other departments may have copied it without knowing anything about the symbol. We still don't know if the symbol had any meaning (or maybe had a different meaning) back then when the badge was designed.
The badge manufacturer probably makes badges for a lot of departments and have a basic template that they can choose from. This looks just like many of the others.
EDIT: The Oregon badge was made in Commerce, CA - Company name: Entennman-Rovin Badge style is 9L
That's probably how it ended up getting used by multiple departments in different locations. As far as we can tell so far, it originated with the LASD.
That's who makes it now, but it's been made by several different companies, and may not have any relation to who first made it. The scv history document linked to above has some clues.
view the rest of the comments →
Alpo ago
We were on it here first: https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1612852
The logo has been on the badge since before 1948. See page 59 of this document: http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lasdhistory2011.htm
HarveyKlinger ago
What about Oregon?
Alpo ago
That's a good find. The main thing though is to figure out who used the badge first and why. Other departments may have copied it without knowing anything about the symbol. We still don't know if the symbol had any meaning (or maybe had a different meaning) back then when the badge was designed.
HarveyKlinger ago
The badge manufacturer probably makes badges for a lot of departments and have a basic template that they can choose from. This looks just like many of the others.
EDIT: The Oregon badge was made in Commerce, CA - Company name: Entennman-Rovin Badge style is 9L
Alpo ago
That's probably how it ended up getting used by multiple departments in different locations. As far as we can tell so far, it originated with the LASD.
HarveyKlinger ago
Here's the company that makese the pedo badges:
http://www.entenmann-rovin.com/
The badge (and product page): http://www.entenmann-rovin.com/proddetail.php?prod=pstr_027
Waukegan, IL - http://www.entenmann-rovin.com/prodimages/pstr_027.jpg
Alpo ago
That's who makes it now, but it's been made by several different companies, and may not have any relation to who first made it. The scv history document linked to above has some clues.