Crisis Response Patch — Order This Star Gear Pentagon
Design S0538A at a glance
A grey pentagon carrying a black five-point star set inside a toothed gear, with the municipal and unit wording above and the response designation below. The emblem is deliberately quiet — a star for authority held inside a gear for process — which is exactly the register crisis and negotiation teams ask for, and every line restitches to your unit.
Pentagon shapeGrey merrowed borderMachine gear ringBlack center starMunicipal lettering lineResponse designation
About this star in gear pentagon design
Crisis teams sit in a strange insignia gap — tactical enough to deploy, deliberate enough that skull-and-lightning art sends the wrong message. The gear answers it: capability inside process. Grey-on-grey with black keeps the whole patch low-key, and the five-sided cut nods to the star without shouting it.
Quiet or quieter, your choice: full wording for duty wear, or drop to the emblem alone for plainclothes polos. Both the municipal line and response designation restitch to your roster’s structure. 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.
Crisis response patch quick facts
- Embroidered crisis response 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.
- Pentagon die-cuts price the same as rounds and shields at every quantity.
- This design runs in eight stock variants from full-wording to emblem-only.
- Negotiator teams usually order sew-on for polos and velcro for deployment shells.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this crisis pentagon patch: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for polos, hook-side velcro for shells and carriers, iron-on for caps
- Sizes: 2"–12" — 3.5" pentagons cover shoulder wear; small 2.5" for chest placards
- Colorways: grey and black as shown, or olive-and-black field scheme — preview in the markup tool
- Border: grey merrowed (shown) or black for a harder outline
- Thread: flat greys as shown; the star can lift to muted gold for team leads
- Artwork: the gear emblem swaps for your unit’s own device at no art charge
Who orders this design
Municipal crisis response and negotiation teams order this pentagon in two tiers — full-wording patches for deployment shells and emblem-only versions for the plainclothes wear that makes up most of their callouts. Regional rosters pooling negotiators from several agencies share one design with per-agency lettering.
Custom crisis response 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.
Crisis response patch questions
Can we order full-wording and emblem-only versions together?
Yes. Both versions of the design count toward one quantity break, which is how most teams split deployment and plainclothes sets.
Can the lettering name our municipality and unit?
Yes. The upper line takes the municipality and unit, the lower the response designation — both set in the proof before production.
Why a pentagon shape?
It echoes the five-point star inside without the aggression of a star die-cut — teams tell us it reads composed, which suits the mission.
Can team leads get a distinguishable version?
Yes. Lifting the star to muted gold marks leads without breaking the grey profile, and lead variants share the quantity break.
How do I request changes to this design?
Use the "mark up this design" tool in the quote form: circle the gear, note the wording, switch tones. Your markup attaches to the quote automatically.
More patch designs you can order
Looking for a different patch, or a different starting point?
This page covers one crisis-team pentagon. For uniformed division layouts, browse the metro eagles and department shields units field beside this star gear pentagon. Mostly plainclothes? The low-profile insignia guide for teams that deploy in plainclothes covers subtle builds.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.