New York City Police Department

=== Badges ===
Badges in the New York City Police Department are referred to as "shields" (the traditional term), though not all badge designs are strictly [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|shield-shaped]]. Some officers have used "Pottsy" badges, "dupes", or duplicate badges, as officers are punished for losing their shield by also losing up to ten days' pay.<ref>{{cite news
| last= Rivera
| first= Ray
| date= 30 November 2009
| title= The Officer Is Real; The Badge May Be an Impostor
| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/nyregion/01badge.html
| url-access= limited
| work= The New York Times
| access-date= 28 June 2020
| quote= [S]ome officers don't wear their badges on patrol...Instead, they wear fakes...[c]alled 'dupes,' these phony badges are often just a trifle smaller than real ones but otherwise completely authentic. Officers use them because losing a real badge can mean paperwork and a heavy penalty, as much as 10 days' pay...Though fake badges violate department policy, they are a quirk deeply embedded in the culture and history of the New York Police Department. Estimates of how many of the city’s 35,000 officers use fake badges vary from several thousand to several hundred[,] roughly 25 officers are disciplined each year for using them...'lots of people have dupe shields,' said Eric Sanders, a lawyer and former police officer who now represents officers in disciplinary actions...Years ago...officers referred to a fake badge as a Pottsy, after the [[Jay Irving]] comic strip about a New York City police officer. They later took on the name dupes, for duplicates.
| archive-date= June 30, 2020
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200630084917/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/nyregion/01badge.html
| url-status= live
}}</ref>

Every rank has a different badge design (with the exception of "police officer" and "probationary police officer") and, upon change in rank, officers receive a new badge. Lower-ranked police officers are identified by their shield numbers, and tax registry number. Lieutenants and above do not have shield numbers and are identified by tax registry number. All sworn members of the NYPD have their ID card photos taken against a red background. Civilian employees of the NYPD have their ID card photos taken against a blue background, signifying that they are not commissioned to carry a firearm. All ID cards have an expiration date. Although the First Deputy Commissioner and Chief of Department share the same insignia (four stars), the First Deputy Commissioner outranks the Chief of Department. The Deputy Commissioners and Bureau Chiefs/Bureau Chief Chaplains and Chief Surgeon have three stars.

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; margin:auto;"
|-
!Rank
!Insignia
!Badge design
!Badge color
!Badge number
!Uniform
|-
|[[New York City Police Commissioner|Police Commissioner]]
|[[File:5 Gold Stars.svg|center|135px]]
| rowspan="6" |[[File:NYPD Commissioner.png|center|frameless|155x155px]] With requisite number of stars and rank
| rowspan="7" |Gold, with silver star(s)
| rowspan="11" |No
| rowspan="11" |White shirt,<br />dark blue [[peaked cap]],<br />gold hat badge
|-
|First Deputy Commissioner
|[[File:4 Gold Stars.svg|center|108px]]
|-
|[[Chief of police|Chief of Department]]
|[[File:4 Gold Stars.svg|center|108px]]
|-
| Deputy Commissioner (have no operational command, however have a rank equivalent to a bureau chief)
|[[File:3 Gold Stars.svg|center|81px]]
|-
|Bureau Chief &<br />Bureau Chief [[Chaplain]]&nbsp;†

|[[File:3 Gold Stars.svg|center|81px]]
|-
|Assistant Chief &<br />Assistant Chief Chaplain&nbsp;† 
|[[File:2 Gold Stars.svg|center|54px]]
|-
|Deputy Chief &<br />Deputy Chief Chaplain&nbsp;†<br />
|[[File:1 Gold Star.svg|center|27px]]
|[[File:NYPD Deputy Chief Badge.png|center|151x151px|frameless]]Chaplain and Surgeon badges differ
|-
|[[Inspector#Municipal police|Inspector]] &<br />Chaplain&nbsp;†<br />
|[[File:Colonel Gold-vector.svg|center|50px]]
|[[File:NYPD Inspector Badge.png|center|151x151px|frameless]]Chaplain and Surgeon badges differ
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|Gold
|-
|Deputy Inspector
|[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|center|30px]]
|[[File:NYPD Deputy Inspector Badge.png|center|185x185px|frameless]]
|-
|[[Police captain|Captain]]
|[[File:Captain insignia gold.svg|center|25px]]
|[[File:NPYD Captain Badge.png|center|186x186px|frameless]]
|-
|[[Lieutenant#Police rank|Lieutenant]]
|[[File:US-OF1B.svg|center|10px]](shoulder & collar)
|[[File:NYPD Lieutenant Badge.jpeg|130px]]
|-
|[[Sergeant#Police departments and prisons|Sergeant]]
|[[File:NYPD Sergeant Stripes.svg|center|35px]] (sleeve)
|[[File:NYPD Sergeant Badge.jpg|135px]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Yes
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Navy blue shirt,<br />[[peaked cap]],<br />gold hat badge
|-
|Detectives
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|None
|[[File:Badge of a New York City Police Department detective.png|100px]]
|-
|[[Police Officer]]
|rowspan=3|[[File:NYPD badge.png|100px]]
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Silver
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Yes,<br />matching hat badge
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Navy blue shirt,<br />[[peaked cap]],<br />silver hat badge with matching number
|-
|Probationary Police Officer
|-
|Recruit Officer
| style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Slate grey,<br />black [[garrison cap]]
|-
|[[Cadet]]
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|None
|}
{{cnote|†|Rank that has no police powers}}