Tom Dye’s collection began with Badge 418. That’s the number he was assigned when he joined the Akron Police Department in December 1969. Now the walls of his home are lined with tidy rows of historic ...

In the lead up to this year's Embedded Systems Conference, Boston, there is a lot of buzz about the limited-edition, mesh-networked attendee badge that will be available to a lucky hundred or so ...

Determined to strengthen bonds between the village’s police officers and local youth, the Arlington Heights Police Department is reviving its “Befriend a Badge” collector trading card program.

In 1970, Elvis Presley traveled to Washington, D.C., with one goal in mind: to get a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. He was a collector of various law enforcement badges and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tom Dye, a retired Akron police sergeant, stands next to some of the badges, patches and memorabilia he has collected. Tom Dye’s ...