Campus Police Patch — Order This Griffin Crest Design
Design S0427A at a glance
An ornate shield that speaks university: a gold griffin rampant above an open book, with a key and quill crossed beneath — knowledge guarded, literally drawn. Navy and maroon split the field in the collegiate manner, and the motto ribbon takes three words of Latin or English. Campus departments restitch the banners to their institution and drop their founding year into the base.
Ornate shieldMerrowed borderGriffin rampantOpen bookKey and quillMotto ribbon
About this campus police crest design
University police walk a line their municipal counterparts don't: the patch has to carry police authority while belonging visually to the institution — its colors, its heraldry, its tone. This crest does both jobs. The griffin and book are pure academic heraldry; the shield cut and banner structure are pure law enforcement. Officers read as police; the campus reads itself in the design.
Departments adapt it by re-splitting the field into their school colors, swapping the griffin for the institution's own mascot or crest animal, and wording the ribbon with the university motto. This page shows a design concept we manufacture to order — your stitch-ready proof arrives in 6–12 hours, and production waits for your sign-off.
Campus police patch quick facts
- Embroidered campus patches cost $3.00–$20.00 each depending on quantity, with a 10-patch minimum.
- Rush production takes 7–10 days and is available on every custom patch.
- School-color field splits are the most requested change to collegiate crest designs.
- Sworn and non-sworn versions usually share one art with different banner text.
- Campus departments order 3.75"–4.25" shoulder sizes most often.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this campus patch: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for Class A and B uniforms, velcro for bike patrol soft shells, iron-on for cadet polos
- Sizes: 2.5"–12" — 4" standard for shoulders
- Colorways: navy-maroon-gold as shown, your school colors, or subdued builds for events details
- Border: merrowed (shown) follows the ornate outline; hot-cut available for sharper scrollwork
- Thread: metallic gold griffin and key read especially well against dark school colors
- Artwork: your institution's mascot, seal or crest animal replaces the griffin — redrawn at no art charge
Who orders this design
University police departments, college public safety divisions, and private-school security teams order this crest for sworn uniforms and ceremonial wear. Community colleges standing up their first sworn department are frequent orderers — the heraldic layout gives a new agency instant institutional weight. Orders often add a soft-shell velcro set for bike patrol.
Custom campus patch pricing — embroidered
| Quantity | Price per patch |
|---|---|
| 10–19 | $20.00 |
| 20–29 | $14.00 |
| 30–49 | $11.00 |
| 50–74 | $6.50 |
| 75–99 | $6.00 |
| 100–249 | $5.50 |
| 250–499 | $3.00 |
Rush production in 7–10 days is available on all custom patches. Design your changes in the markup tool above, or get this patch quoted exactly as shown.
What your quote covers
- Your exact spec — quantity, size, backing, and colorway, priced to the piece
- A free digital mockup within 4 hours, before you commit to anything
- Rush production in 7–10 days whenever you need it
- No setup, digitizing, or art fees — the table price is the whole price
How ordering this patch works
Request a quote
Send this design (marked up or as-is) with your quantity. Quotes are answered 24/7 within 4 hours.
Approve your proof
Your stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after ordering. Nothing is produced until you approve it.
We verify & produce
Law-enforcement orders are verified with your agency before production — standard practice since 1999.
Delivery confirmed
We confirm your shipping address by phone, then email tracking the day your patches ship.
🏛 Bidding for your department or agency? We answer bids, RFQs and purchase-order quotes — see how agency bids and RFQs work, or tick “This quote is for a bid” in the quote form.
Campus police patch questions
Can the griffin become our school mascot?
Yes — send your mascot art or even a yearbook image and we redraw it in the same heraldic pose at no art charge. The proof shows it placed in the crest before production.
Can the colors match our university's brand palette?
Yes. Send brand hex values or a style guide and we match threads to them; your 4-hour mockup shows the exact combination for your marketing office to approve.
Do sworn and security staff need separate designs?
Usually just separate banner text on shared art — 'POLICE' and 'PUBLIC SAFETY' versions order together and price at the combined quantity.
What size fits a bike patrol soft shell?
4" with velcro backing is the campus standard — big enough to read across a quad, small enough for sleeve pockets.
How do we show you the changes our chief wants?
Mark them straight onto this design with the markup tool in the quote form — recolor the field, circle the griffin, pin notes — and the marked copy attaches to your quote automatically.
Studying other options?
Collegiate crests are one genre — the broader municipal and specialty police patch range across all divisions shows what city and county departments are wearing. If procurement needs materials and pricing before design, the custom patch program page with tier pricing and build guides gives them the numbers.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.