HOT NEWS!

In an effort to try to keep YOU, the collector up to date, this page is intended to provide you with some updates as to the latest patches used by different Police Forces, or even new types being planned. I will endeavour to try to obtain a scan of any new patches to add to to this website, sometimes that may prove very difficult, so I will have to rely on the news on this page to keep everyone up to date.

If you can provide me with a scan of any patches not included on these pages, then I would really appreciate you allowing me to include them, to keep things as current as possible.

 Note that the format of this page has been changed. The most recent news is at the top of the page to save you scrolling all the way to the bottom.

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22nd DECEMBER 2005

Durham see the 2 rectangular 'Police' patches

Fife new 'Police' and 'Support' patches

Gwent Community Support bilingual patch!

Humberside See 3 different 'Police', 'Support Staff ' , 'Staff', 'Traffic Warden' and 'Police Community Support Officer TRAFFIC' patches

Kent See the new 'Community Warden' and 'Street Warden' patches

Norfolk New bell shaped Police patch

Northumbria Community Support Traffic

West Yorkshire New 'Police' issues, 'Police Staff' & 'Community Support Officer TRAFFIC' (2)!

Wiltshire Community Support Officer

29th NOVEMBER 2005

South Yorkshire patches (Cadet, Community Support Officer Traffic, Scientific Support & Warrants Officer)

6th November 2005

Warwickshire

14th August 2005

Lancashire patches

12th November 2004

Wandsworth Parks Police patch

3rd November 2004

Two new Gloucestershire Police Community Support patches seen

29th August 2004

New alternative North Wales Support Staff patch seen

New Sussex Underwater Search Unit patch

Grampian variation seen

1st June 2004

Cambridgeshire Police- new patch seen. can anyone identify it?

New Merseyside patch

1st May 2004

Nottinghamshire police river patrol patch

9th March 2004

New PSNI Police

New Humberside Police

New North Wales Staff

4th January 2004

South Yorkshire Police Community Support

Lincolnshire Police Community Support

25th December 2003

HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM PARKS POLICE new patch

SURREY 2 new Community Support Officer patches

25th September 2003

P.S.N.I. See the forged PSNI patches

BELFAST HARBOUR POLICE  See the unofficial patches

BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE Operation Hawk patch

ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY See the range of forged patches

METROPOLITAN POLICE See the 'unofficial' souvenir patches sold by the 'Met.'

17th September 2003

LANCASHIRE POLICE Community Support Patch

SUSSEX POLICE CADET

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY SAFETY OFFICER

30th July 2002

HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM PARKS CONSTABULARY                 

SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS POLICE                                                    

GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE 

4th May 2002

UNITED KINGDOM POLICE FORCE (for Officers serving in the International Peace keeping Force)                                                                            

STRATHCLYDE AIR SUPPORT UNIT Current  issue now obtained!

22nd April 2002

KENT POLICE New style patch seen                    

21st March 2002

BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE New K9 patch   

HUMBERSIDE CADET New patch seen               

STRATHCLYDE AIR SUPPORT UNIT PATCH      

SURREY New dome shaped patch seen              

WARWICKSHIRE New style patch seen               

7th March 2002

THAMES VALLEY  I have received confirmation that Officers of this force are now wearing overt body armour, featuring a bell shaped patch. This has been identified as the same patch that is worn by the Chiltern Air Support Unit Officers.