Major Uh Oh

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Story is that it was "stolen". Right.
US police officer's badge stolen on Bourbon Street | Crime/Police | nola.com
Probably sitting on someone's mantle as a souvenir or being held in lieu of payment
Gonna be tough otherwise explaining it's loss to the captain.

 

[swsig]

What was a U.S. Capitol police officer doing flashing their badge on Bourbon Street? Oh, right, it's Bourbon Street and flashing is what people do.

 

[Mule Packer]

Okay...inquiring minds want to know. What's the "word on the street" as to what really happened?

 

[arjay]

Bourbon street,3 am,Johnson!!!! [emoji38]

 

[IAM Rand]

Badges, we don't need no stinkin badges.

 

[lkabug]

One would be surprised as to the number of badges that are "lost" as the officers near retirement. Or perhaps when promoted.

 

[steelslaver]

I went on a Job in St Croix, USVI and they made me a foreman. There was a big strip club in the nearby area. One Saturday night after payday one of the young guys working for me came to me in the bar I went to and asked to borrow money to get back to the plant, which had housing. He told me he had lost his wallet. Some questions reveled the last time he had seen it was when he paid some "girl" for a lap dance. DUH. Distracted much?

I would imagine a badge could also get stuck to such an "artist".

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Have heard about and seen a bunch of weird things down on the Bourbon.
But this is a new one to add to the list.

 

[kozmic]

Perhaps he should go to a local madam and have her read her crystal ball to local it.

 

[pharmer]

Boudreaux and Thibidoux are playin' "cops and indians" as we speak. Joe

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Badges get lost or stolen with some frequency. It happens.

Many big departments (LAPD, Chicago PD, NYPD, FBI, others) have to deal with counterfeit badges from time to time.

Replica badges are sold routinely on internet sites.

Old and obsolete badges are a hot item for collectors.

Off-duty cops and those on vacation are among the hundreds of thousands of folks wandering around Bourbon Street at 3:00AM.

 

[Inusuit]

What was a U.S. Capitol police officer doing flashing their badge on Bourbon Street? Oh, right, it's Bourbon Street and flashing is what people do.

"Flashing?" Did you read a different news story? The linked one says it was in his wallet. Although I do wonder what "businesses" he was visiting.

 

[Onomea]

I've been pickpocketed. It happens.

NYC in the early '80s. Columbus Circle. Two ladies of the evening accosted me about 10PM as I was passing by and asked me if I'd like to have a good time, grabbing me enthusiastically by the privates to emphasize the pitch.

I jumped about three feet and, when I came down, graciously declined the offer and sauntered off.

Without my wallet.

Never noticed a thing... About the wallet, I mean...

 

[GypsmJim]

At age 16 I got a job at a print shop. They did proofs for several advertising agencies. My job was as a "delivery boy" and I had to take envelopes to various high caliber offices. We all were located "downtown", so delivery by car was not possible.

One such agency was about 4 blocks away. The only straight route to the place was down a street notoriously know and the red-light district.

Here I am just a kid and I'm accosted by hookers every few doors. This is in daylight no less.

The boss warned me to keep my wallet in my front pocket. I did. Never lost a thing even though I was frequently "felt" (LOL)

 

[steelslaver]

I always keep my wallet in left front pocket and if I were to frequent a sketchy place I would stick something else on top of it. I am far less inclined to stick myself in such areas.

 

[yaktamer]

When I saw the thread title, I thought it was going to be about my old Army detachment commander.

 

[tripledipper]

Many retired NYPD have "dupes", their original badges were supposed to surrendered in the retirement process but they could claim they were lost and still have them as well. I think they have to pay an amount for not having the badge to turn in. Retired guys correct me if I am wrong but most of the retired people I know still have some kind of badge.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Many retired NYPD have "dupes", their original badges were supposed to surrendered in the retirement process but they could claim they were lost and still have them as well. I think they have to pay an amount for not having the badge to turn in. Retired guys correct me if I am wrong but most of the retired people I know still have some kind of badge.

A few agencies award retirement badges to retirees. Typically similar to active badges, sometimes a smaller size, frequently flat (easier to wallet carry), sometimes personalized.

Some agencies allow retirees to purchase their badges. Think about it: After decades of use it is usually suffers from wear and tear, so recovering a few bucks helps provide a new badge for a new cop.

I have seen some display sets made up including retired badges set into wooden fixtures or cast into clear acrylic blocks. Provides a memento and conversation piece.

 

[Bald1]

Ranks right up there with LEO dancing and his gun flies out and hits floor. Getting pick pocketed can happen to anyone but it’s gotta be embarrassing

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Ranks right up there with LEO dancing and his gun flies out and hits floor. Getting pick pocketed can happen to anyone but it’s gotta be embarrassing

Anything can happen. I'm still trying to forget dropping my revolver in a toilet, after using it and before flushing it. I was on duty in uniform at the time. Gracefully shucking a Sam Browne belt loaded with equipment and secured to the trouser belt with multiple snap-straps isn't easy, believe me.

I remember guys dropping portable radios on hard surfaces or worse, in water (including toilets), leaving uniform caps (with distinctive badges) in restaurants or restrooms. One guy left a cased M16 rifle on the trunk lid, drove away, and it lay in the street until someone grabbed it (later recovered a couple of counties away).

Back in the 1970s our cruiser emergency lights included colored plastic domes secured with friction straps. More than a few were stolen from parked patrol cars; we speculated that neighborhood kids wanted them for cereal bowls.

One guy was reportedly detained at New York's LaGuardia Airport with his department-issued revolver in a carry-on bag. Nothing in the Sullivan Act excuses out-of-state cops apparently. As I recall he was released without charges, placed on a return flight under orders to report to his commander immediately upon arrival.

Give the old brain cells a little exercise and I'll probably remember a dozen other faux pas. The boys in "Car 54 Where Are You?" probably had lots of real life examples for the script writers.