Custom Police Patches
Order Law Enforcement Patches
Custom police patches identify your department, your units, and the officers who wear them on every uniform and carrier. City, county, state, campus, transit, and tribal agencies order police department patches with their seal and department name stitched on twill, then add police unit patches for K9, SWAT, motor, and detective assignments. We make law enforcement patches as shoulder patches, badge-shaped patches, vest ID panels, and name tapes, in full color, subdued, or reflective thread. Pricing runs from $3 per patch in volume with a 10-piece minimum, and no design carries setup or digitizing fees.
- ✓ Rush production in 7–10 days
- ✓ Send your deadline and we plan the order around it
- ✓ Quote requests answered 24/7
HOW IT WORKS
Creating a custom police patch is easy with Owl Badges
Pick a police patch style, add your seal and department name in your browser, then order online or request department pricing.
Discover police patch styles for every unit
Browse shoulder patches, badge-shaped patches, vest ID panels, and unit emblems for patrol, K9, SWAT, motor, and detective assignments.
Browse Police Patch Styles
Customize your police patch in real time
Set your department name, seal colors, border, and backing in the Owl Badges TruePatch Designer, and watch the stitched preview update as you type.
Try the TruePatch Designer
Order instantly or request a quote
Order police patches online once the proof looks right, or send the design as a quote request when your department pays by purchase order.
Get Department PricingWhat You Get With Every Police Patch
Made for duty uniforms, carriers, and jackets that work every shift.
Design your custom police patch with the Owl Badges TruePatch Designer™
The Owl Badges TruePatch Designer is the in-browser designer for your custom police patch. Set the shape, thread colors, lettering, seal and backing in real time, see live volume pricing, and order online or send the design for a free quote. No software to install and no account needed to start.
Buy custom police patches or get a free quote in 4 hours
Send your department patch, seal or an AI-generated sketch. We match the thread colors and reply with a free quote and digital mockup within 4 hours.
- ✓Free digital mockup
- ✓AI-generated designs welcome
- ✓10-piece minimum
- ✓Purchase orders accepted
- ✓Shoulder, K9, SWAT and vest ID patches
- ✓Rush orders in 7–10 days
We reply to every quote request within 4 hours, 24/7.
How to design your police patch
A police patch design moves from your current shoulder patch or a rough sketch to an approved proof in three steps in the TruePatch Designer. Here is what your department decides at each step.
Choose the shape and where it is worn
Start from a classic shoulder patch outline, a police shield patch, an embroidered police badge patch in a star outline, a round seal, or a rectangular ID panel, or send your current patch to rebuild. Tell us where it goes — sleeve, chest, outer carrier, or cap — and we suggest a size from our standard range of 1-inch name tapes through 6-inch patches. Back panels are quoted per size.
Set the seal, lettering, and colors
Add the department name, seal, and unit designation, then pick thread colors on twill, with metallic gold or silver for a border or star. Keep embroidered lettering above about 4mm; if the seal carries very fine text, a woven build holds lettering down to about 2mm. The TruePatch Designer works as a police patch creator in your browser, redrawing the stitched preview with every change.
Sign off on the proof, then order
Your free proof shows the finished patch before production, so command staff can sign off on the law enforcement patch design in one pass. Approve it, choose sew-on, iron-on, or hook-and-loop backing, and order from the 10-piece minimum or request a quote to issue a purchase order. Embroidered runs take 3–4 weeks, and rush production in 7–10 days is available when a ceremony date is fixed.
Shop Custom Police Patches
Start from a police patch style below — badge-shaped star patches, a tombstone shoulder patch, and a 4 x 2 ID panel — then customize it with your department name, seal, and thread colors.
Custom Police Patch Pricing
Our embroidered police department patches for sale start at $20 each at the 10-piece minimum and fall to $3 per patch at 250 or more, with no setup or digitizing fees at any quantity. Woven patches follow the same ladder; PVC rubber patches are priced separately. Full tier detail at the price calculator.
Hook-and-loop backing for custom police velcro patches adds $2.00 per patch. Orders of 500 and up are quoted individually. Pricing reviewed October 2026.
How many police patches should you order?
Every design starts at the 10-piece minimum and embroidered runs take 3–4 weeks, so count both sleeves of every shirt and jacket, then add spares for new hires and torn uniforms. Here is how department orders usually size up:
| Use case | Typical order | Why |
|---|---|---|
| K9 or negotiation team | 10–19 patches | Custom police K9 patches for one handler team at $20 each; reaching twenty drops every patch to $14. |
| Small department | 30–49 patches | Both sleeves for a small roster at $11 each; reaching fifty lowers the price to $6.50. |
| Mid-size department | 100–249 patches | Every shirt and jacket at $5.50 per patch, with purchase orders accepted. |
| Agency-wide seal change | 250–499 patches | A new seal across the whole agency at $3 per patch; 500 and up is quoted individually. |
Police Patches at a Glance
What we recommend for a police patch
The best police patch for a duty uniform is an embroidered shoulder patch with a merrowed border and sew-on backing, which stays flat through uniform-service laundering. A police patch for tactical vest panels, whether the same design or a POLICE ID panel, needs hook-and-loop backing so it moves between carriers. Keep embroidered lettering above about 4mm, and ask about a woven build if the seal carries very fine text. Every one of these choices can be changed in the TruePatch Designer.
Price Calculator
How much do custom police patches cost?
Custom police patches cost $20 each at the 10-piece minimum, dropping to $3 per patch once an order reaches 250, and no design carries a setup or digitizing fee. Embroidered runs take 3 to 4 weeks after you approve your free proof, and rush production in 7 to 10 days is available. Enter your quantity below to see your price.
Pricing on this page covers embroidered police patches — thread on twill with digitizing included — and all police patches for sale here are made to your department's design. Hook-and-loop backing adds $2.00 per patch; woven patches use the same ladder, and PVC rubber builds are priced separately.
10-piece minimum · no setup or digitizing fees · production 3–4 weeks · 500 patches and up quoted individually · shipping quoted separately.
Police patch price ladder
| Quantity | Price per patch | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 10–19 patches | $20.00 | — |
| 20–29 patches | $14.00 | Save $6 / patch |
| 30–49 patches | $11.00 | Save $9 / patch |
| 50–74 patches | $6.50 | Save $13.50 / patch |
| 75–99 patches | $6.00 | Save $14 / patch |
| 100–249 patches | $5.50 | Save $14.50 / patch |
| 250–499 patches | $3.00 | Save $17 / patch |
Does ordering more police patches cost less overall?
Nineteen police patches cost $380. Twenty cost $280. The price per patch drops to $14 at twenty, so the twentieth patch takes $100 off the invoice. A unit of eighteen officers that orders two spares pays $280 instead of $360.
The same jump repeats further up: 29 patches cost $406 while 30 cost $330; 49 cost $539 while 50 cost $325; 74 cost $481 while 75 cost $450; and 249 cost $1,369.50 while 250 cost $750. For 500 and up, request a written quote. New hires, torn sleeves, and transfers into specialty units all draw on spares, so extra patches in the first run usually cost less than a small top-up order a year later.
Ordering patches for other services too? Compare patch styles for every uniformed service, or check the per-patch price at any quantity.
Police Patches by Use
Who orders police patches, and why?
Police patches are ordered by every unit that has to be identified at a glance, from patrol sleeves to the K9 handler's vest. City, county, state, campus, transit, and tribal agencies order law enforcement shoulder patches for every sleeve, and specialty units add designs of their own. Each row below is built to your department's artwork.
| Use | Why a custom patch | Typical design | Backing | Ordered when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City and metro police | Department identity on every sleeve | Metro police patch with the city seal | Sew-on | New chief or seal change |
| State police and highway patrol | One look across every post | State trooper patch in the state outline | Sew-on; velcro for carriers | Uniform redesign |
| Transit and railroad police | Jurisdiction clear to riders | Metro transit police patch with the system name | Sew-on | New force or rebrand |
| Tribal police | Nation and agency named together | Tribal police patch with the nation's seal | Sew-on | New seal or uniform change |
| K9 units | Marks both handler and dog | Police K9 patch with a dog silhouette | Hook-and-loop | New dog and handler team |
| SWAT and SRT teams | Team identity on tactical gear | Police SRT patch in subdued thread | Hook-and-loop | Team stood up or carriers reissued |
| Motor and traffic units | Ties riders to the traffic division | Motorcycle police patch with wheel and wings | Sew-on | Motor squad adds riders |
| Narcotics and gang units | Plainclothes ID on raid vests | Police gang unit patch in subdued thread | Hook-and-loop | Task force formed |
Backing follows where the patch rides: sew-on for sleeves, hook-and-loop for carriers and law enforcement patches for vest panels. For K9 patches, law enforcement handlers are better served by PVC or hook-and-loop, so the harness patch can come off or survive a rinse. Order both backings of one design together and every patch comes from the same approved proof.
Reorders
How do I reorder or replace police patches?
Replacement police patches are stitched from the artwork and digitizing file we keep on record free, so new-hire batches match the patches already on the street with no new setup or digitizing fees. A reorder can be as small as 10 pieces, and an embroidered run arrives 3 to 4 weeks after you approve the proof.
Academy graduates and lateral hires
Reorder the department patch from the file on record before each class graduates, so recruits receive the same thread colors and lettering as veteran officers.
Adding a vest version
When outer carriers arrive after the uniform patches, reorder the stored design with hook-and-loop backing. A state trooper velcro patch made this way matches the sleeve patch thread for thread.
Originals from another supplier
Mail a sample patch or send sharp photos and any artwork you still have. We rebuild the design, match the thread colors on a free proof, and keep the new file on record for every later order.
Seal or name changes
A new seal, a merged department, or a renamed agency starts from your stored file, so only what changed is redrawn on the proof. Both versions stay on file.
Design Gallery
Police Patch Design Gallery
These designs are starting points for cool police patches your officers will want to wear — rebuild any of them in the TruePatch Designer, our live in-browser patch builder, with your own department name, seal, unit, and colors. The price starts at $20 each for the 10-piece minimum and drops to $3 per patch at 250 or more, with no setup fees. Pick a design to customize, or request department pricing.
Specs, Wear & Care
Police Patch Specs, Wear and Care
Each specification below is a choice your department makes when it orders — build, border, colorway, and backing are set in the TruePatch Designer or on your quote request. As a US-based custom police patch maker since 1999, we start every design at the 10-piece minimum with no setup or digitizing fees.
Police patch specifications
Where to wear your police patch, and which backing to order
Plan on two backings for one design: sew-on for the sleeve, and hook-and-loop for law enforcement velcro patches on carriers. Choose the backing per design when you order.
How to wash and care for a police patch
Duty uniforms see more washing than almost any other garment, so care decides how long the seal stays sharp. These are our care instructions as the patch maker.
How to store police patches
Every choice above is set per design with no setup or digitizing fees, and your file stays on record so the next academy class gets an identical patch. Order from the 10-piece minimum, or request department pricing against a purchase order.
Custom Police Patches, Order for Your Department
Police patches ship from a 10-piece minimum, with embroidered runs taking 3–4 weeks after proof. Choose the next page by what the order adds: grade insignia for a promotion list, flag patches that sit beside the department patch on carriers, or matching uniform patches for private security working alongside your officers. Compare options for chevrons and rank insignia for every grade when a promotion list needs stripes and grade insignia to match, thin blue line flag patches for vests for outer carriers that pair the department patch with a flag, and uniform patches for private security officers when contract security staff work alongside sworn officers. One quote request can cover the department set and anything ordered from these pages, at the same 10-piece minimum.
Shop Police Patches by Category
Customize unique police patches for every assignment, from patrol sleeves to the K9 handler's vest.
Police shoulder patches
The police arm patch every officer wears, stitched with your seal and department name.
K9 unit patches
Police K9 patch designs for handler uniforms, vests, and the dog's harness.
SWAT team patches
A police tactical patch in subdued thread or PVC for carriers and packs.
State police patches
Sleeve patches and a matching state police vest patch for every post and troop.
Motor and traffic units
A motor officer patch with wheel-and-wings artwork for riding jackets and uniforms.
Funny police patches
A police morale patch with station humor, made for loop panels, not uniforms.
Unlimited Customization Options
Department name, seal colors, border, and backing are all yours to set in the TruePatch Designer, with a stitched preview you can share with command staff before you order.
- Merrowed, hot-cut, or laser-cut borders
- Metallic gold and silver thread
- Reflective thread available
- Subdued, OD green, MultiCam-pattern twill
- Free proof, unlimited revisions
Reasons departments order police patches
Police patch orders follow the department's calendar: a new chief, an academy class, a new unit, or an awareness month. Here are the moments that put a new design on the uniform.
Each moment above starts at the 10-piece minimum, and because your artwork and digitizing file stay on record, a reorder for the next academy class or special edition carries no new setup or digitizing fees. Build the design below, or request department pricing with your purchase order requirements noted.
Start Your OrderHOW TO
How do I order custom police patches with Owl Badges?
Four steps: pick a police patch style, add your seal and department name, approve your free proof, and order from $3 per patch in volume.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the Owl Badges TruePatch Designer work?
What is a police patch?
How much do custom police patches cost?
Can I order police patches with no minimum?
How long does police patch production take?
What backing should I order for police uniform patches?
Do you accept purchase orders for police patches?
How do I reorder police patches for new officers?
Can each specialty unit have its own patch?
Do you make reflective police patches?
Do you make subdued and OD green police patches?
Do you make federal law enforcement patches?
Do you make police name tapes and ID patches?
Can we order an autism awareness police patch?
Do you make patches for dispatchers, chaplains, and civilian staff?
Should police patches be embroidered, woven, or PVC?
Your seal, stitched for every shift
Design police patches in the browser, or request department pricing for every uniform and carrier.
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Beyond the duty uniform?
Ordering law enforcement morale patches, event designs, or department merch alongside the duty set?
This page covers custom police patches for sworn, specialty, and civilian units. Every other construction, backing, and use we make is in the full custom patch catalog — the 10-piece minimum is the same, and one quote can cover the whole order.
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