The Hutchinson Police Department will begin wearing a brand-new badge starting on September 1st, 2021, in honor of the department’s sesquicentennial anniversary. Captain Thad Pickard, Captain of Professional Standards, designed the new badge. Pickard wished to create a badge that would represent the entire 150-year history of the police department, including the iconic Salt Hawk, a ring to describe the history of policing and a two-tone design to represent the different officers, patrol and ranked. ‘The shield is silver, giving honor to the true workforce of our department, the patrol officers, the banners are gold to honor the officers that hold rank,’ said Pickard.
Source: Hutch News
