5.64.135 Sheriff’s 150-year commemorative badge.
A. The chief administrative officer may issue a commemorative badge to mark the 150th year of the Los
Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for use as an official badge by the sheriff and deputies of the sheriff’s
office during the calendar year 2000. The commemorative badge shall be issued in the design approved by the
sheriff. Commemorative badges issued to deputies of the sheriff’s office shall bear the title “Deputy Sheriff.”
B. At the conclusion of the year 2001, all commemorative badges issued under this section shall be returned to
the chief administrative officer for encasement as a keepsake in block lucite, or other similar material, in such
fashion as to render the badge unusable for active service.
C. The issuance of a commemorative badge is optional. The sheriff and each deputy requesting issuance of a
commemorative badge shall deposit with the county auditor-controller an amount sufficient, as determined by
the county auditor-controller, to reimburse the county its costs for manufacture and encasement of the badge.
Deposits are nonrefundable. Commemorative badges issued under this section shall remain the property of the
county of Los Angeles and subject to its exclusive control until encasement is completed, at which time the
commemorative badge shall become the personal property of the person to whom the badge was originally
issued.
D. Any person issued a commemorative badge under this section shall, upon issuance of such badge, tender his
or her existing official badge to the sheriff’s office. At the conclusion of the calendar year 2001, the prior badge
shall be reissued to those authorized. (Ord. 2000-0059 § 1, 2000: Ord. 99-0079 § 1, 1999.)