Police wear humor on their arms - B1

Anybody who would say that the Police doesn’t have any humor, would probably make a mistake. As an evidence, have a look at the following patches and at the following Daily Mail article.

Bizarre DEA arm patches show grim reaper, rainbows and syringes

Federal agencies including the DEA began using patches in the 1970s There are 20,000 estimated federal patches, though DEA's are most colorful Patches feature jokes about drugs and government surveillance Former agents say that the forces have become more politically correct Drug Enforcement Administration employees have a history of colorful arm patches, and some of the creations seem more likely to be found in a smoke shop than on the uniform of a federal agent.

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Among the thousands existing police patches here are our favorites.

N°3: Salem MA Police Department

City of Salem MA. is well known as « the witch city » because of a legend linked to this village. That is why the municipality of Salem has chosen a witch as its symbol.

N°2 : MIAMI PD BOMB SQUAD

In this case the Miami PD bomb squad chose to include a joke in their insignia. “IF YOU SEE US RUNNING CATCH UP”. For sure, running when you see the bomb squad fleeing, seems to be real good advice.

N°1: TITUSVILLE PD / DEA / BREVARD COUNTY SO “Operation Oxymoron”(unofficial patch)

For this joint operation dealing with a huge “Oxycodone” traffic from 2007 to 2010, the law enforcement services in charge have named their operation “Oxymoron”.

Have you noticed the politically incorrect word game in the name of this operation?

If you haven’t, and if you need some clues, know that an oxymoron is a rhetorical formulation, “oxy” is the short for Oxycodone, and that a moron is a stupid person.