Cyber Crime Unit Patch — Order the Keyhole & Eye Design
Design S0713A at a glance
A curved shield in just two tones — taupe line-work on black — with an open eye stitched inside a keyhole and circuit traces running outward across the field. The metaphor needs no caption: watching what moves through locked doors. High-tech crime units order it because it looks like their work, not like a patrol patch with a laptop added.
Curved shield cutBrown merrowed borderKeyhole silhouetteOpen eye centerCircuit trace linesTwo-tone palette
About this keyhole and eye task force design
Two-tone line art is the native visual language of digital forensics — terminal text, trace diagrams — and this patch stays inside it: no badges, no eagles, just the keyhole, the eye and the board traces in taupe thread on black twill. The restraint is the credibility. Investigators who spend their days in hex dumps get an emblem drawn in their own idiom, and the design stays legible from cap size to jacket back because nothing in it depends on fine color separation.
Order it as shown or tailor it: task force and unit wording restitch along the shield's lower curve, the circuit traces can spell initials in their routing, and a single accent color — terminal green, warning amber — can light the eye. This page shows a design concept we manufacture to order — your stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after you order, and nothing is produced until you approve it.
Cyber crime unit patch quick facts
- Embroidered cyber unit 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.
- Digital forensics units favor two-tone line art over traditional full-color heraldry.
- Circuit-trace stitching can route to spell unit initials inside the pattern.
- Duty patches run 3" to 4.5"; lab-jacket and display versions run 6" to 10".
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this keyhole eye patch: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for duty wear, iron-on for soft goods, velcro for lab jackets and go-bags
- Sizes: 2"–12" — 3"–4.5" covers uniform wear; 6"+ for jackets
- Colorways: taupe on black as shown, or with one accent color lighting the eye — preview in the markup tool
- Border: merrowed (shown) or flat hot-cut edge
- Thread: any colorway, including glow-in-the-dark trace lines
- Artwork: circuit traces reroute to spell your unit's initials at no additional art charge
Who orders this design
High-tech crime task forces and digital forensics labs order this shield for duty wear, go-bags and the conference-circuit trading that cyber units actually do. Multi-agency task forces keep the art and vary the lower wording per member agency. Orders often include a glow-trace batch for lab jackets.
Custom cyber unit 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.
Cyber crime unit patch questions
Can the circuit traces spell our initials?
Yes — the trace routing redraws so your unit's letters read inside the pattern to anyone who looks closely, at no art charge.
Can one color be added to the two-tone scheme?
Yes. A single accent — terminal green, amber, ice blue — can light the eye or one trace run; the mockup previews it before you commit.
Do you make a glow-in-the-dark version?
Yes — the traces stitch in photoluminescent thread for lab jackets and conference trading stock, run alongside the standard set.
Can member agencies of our task force get varied wording?
Yes. The shield art stays fixed while the lower curve carries each agency's name, all in one order on one ladder.
How do I request changes to this design?
Use the "mark up this design" tool in the quote form: circle elements, pin numbered notes, set trace initials — everything attaches to the quote.
Looking for a different patch, or a different starting point?
This page covers one line-art forensics shield. For conventional unit insignia, the police patch collection past the keyhole and eye — patrol, K9 and tactical designs spans the department. Want art drawn from your own concept? The concept-to-patch guide that takes sketches and AI art to stitched proofs shows the path.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.