Pima County Sheriff's Department insignia

Here is some insignia from the Pima County, Arizona Sheriff’s Department.

 

Click on the pic for a much larger view.

 

Here are the 3 most commonly seen patches from the Pima County, Arizona Sheriff’s Department. All are current issue.

 

In case the colors don’t come through properly on your end, all 3 patches use green and yellow as the main colors. The green is very dark - almost olive green. In some photos, the color may look black instead of green.

 

These 3 patches are used by deputies. Corrections officers use different colored patches. The Corrections guys have a back patch that says Sheriff in small letters and Corrections in large letters under the word, Sheriff. I think some Corrections guys just started wearing the back patch in 2017. If someone knows for sure, please add a comment below to let us know.

 

** NEW INFO *** As of summer 2018, Corrections officers now wear this green patch and the deadline to switch is some time in September 2018. The sheriff wanted everyone wearing the same patches. ***

 

The small round patch is used as a breast badge patch on the front of subdued fatigues such as worn by K-9 deputies and pilots, and on some vests. When wearing fatigues, the K-9 deputies also wear a subdued shoulder patch (STILL NEED) that is similar to the shield shaped patch that is pictured here.

 

The deputies wear the shield shaped patch on both shoulders. All ranks wear this style, and the civilian Forensics employees also wear this shoulder patch on their fatigues. This patch came into use around the year 2000. Even the sheriff wears this style of patch.

 

The number 1865 seen on the shoulder patches is the year that the sheriff’s department was formed. Pima County was one of the four original counties created in Arizona with land acquired through the Gadsen Purchase from Mexico in 1853.

 

The county seal in the center of the badge logo depicts the Mission San Xavier del Bac which is located approximately 10 miles south of Tucson.

 

The large rectangle shaped patch (STILL NEED) is approximately 6 inches by 11 inches, which is almost the size of standard vehicle license plates/tags. The letters are almost 3 inches high. This patch is worn on the back of the general duty/utility uniform shirt worn by all ranks. This uniform shirt has a 7 point star badge embroidered directly into the front left breast area. This large patch, unlike many other back patches, is fully embroidered - the green color you see is stitching, not merely a green cloth background.

 

This uniform shirt, known as Class C, came about in September 2012, and deputies had a year to switch their uniforms to this new one. It was with this new shirt that this large back patch was first worn, and with it, the need to wear the metal badge on routine duty was eliminated due to the embroidered badge.

 

As such, neither the round badge patch pictured here, nor a metal breast badge, are generally worn. Instead, the metal badge is worn with a different class of uniform shirt (A or B) on special (infrequent) occasions.

 

The general duty uniform shirt is not pictured. The last name of the deputy is embroidered into the shirt above the deputy's right front pocket, eliminating the need for a metal nameplate. Additionally, use of metal rank insignia with this uniform was abolished - metal rank insignia such as lieutenant bars, stars for Bureau Chief etc., are now embroidered into the uniform.

 

The current commissioned ranks (sworn personnel) include Reserve Deputy (which uses two rank panels – one on top and one on the bottom), Deputy, Detective, Sergeant, Detective Sergeant (using just one top rank panel), Lieutenant, Captain, Bureau Chief (using one top rank panel), Chief Deputy using one top rank panel (an unfilled position) and Sheriff.

 

The badge used by the Sheriff's Auxiliary Volunteers, who are civilian, non-sworn individuals, is similar to any of the badges described, with a top rank panel that says Assist and the bottom panel says Team, since the people are also known as the Sheriff's Assist Team. The general duty uniform shirt worn by the SAVs is similar to the shirt worn by deputies, but the SAV shirt uses different shoulder patches, has the Assist Team badge logo embroidered on the front, has the word Volunteer embroidered directly under the Assist Team badge logo and there is no back patch on the SAV shirt.

 

There is another photo here on Flickr that shows the badge used by the SAVs.

 

The deputies' shirts have a flap to conceal the buttons, and the shirt pockets have no buttons. Additionally, deputies wear green pants while the SAVs wear brown pants.

 

For the badges worn by Corrections Officers, the ranks include Officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain, with those words on the top rank panel and all badges have a bottom rank panel that says Corrections. The badges of the Corrections officers are otherwise identical to the deputy badges.

 

The Mission Statement of the Sheriff’s Department is:

As a leader in public safety, we are committed to serving with Honor, Courage and Integrity in the fight against crime, and to work relentlessly toward making our community safe for the people of Pima County.

 

STILL NEED the large back patch pictured here for my collection – thanks to the guy who loaned me those 2 patches for this photo opportunity.

 

ALSO NEED various current and older styles of patches including the Bomb Squad patch, Pima Regional SWAT, the subdued shoulder patch and of course any badges and door decals. I ALSO NEED the large back patches, similar to the one pictured here, except the first needed one says FORENSICS and another one says Sheriff Corrections. Also looking for old shirts including polo shirts. I have a large 5 inch PCSD star badge patch (pictured on Flickr) available to trade if you have something I need.

 

ALSO LOOKING FOR more shoulder patches, old or current style, new condition or used, to use as traders - thx.

 

 

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