The Police Benevolent Association says that issuing a star-shaped badge to well-known businessman and political donor Gerald A. Buchheit Jr. violates a contract provision.

The Clayton County Sheriff’s fugitive squad usually hunts bad guys. Now they are hunting their own badges. The deputies are searching for more than 100 sheriff’s badges on the streets and in ...

Lee Stoffregen may no longer be Prince William sheriff, but a lingering -- some say troublesome -- reminder of his tenure remains: badges. The five-point-star badges, given to more than 100 ...

Goshen — The small gold star has all the trimmings of a real police shield. ... The sheriff's office has recovered three such badges since Sheriff Carl DuBois took office Jan. 1.

The star badge is not a new style or concept for the department, but was the type of badge officers wore under Sheriff Albert Jackson's rein, which concluded in 1994 after he served for 24 years.

The badge features a star, about an inch and a half across, enclosed in a leather holder. ... Mike Dean sheriff's badge seen in his office Tuesday June 22, 2010 in Mobile, Ala.

CROWN POINT, Ind. (WISH) — Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. has issued purple and teal, star-shaped badges and patches to promote suicide prevention. In a Facebook post, the sheriff said ...