badge number

Cop's unique identifier

A badge number is the unique identifier assigned to a police officer or other uniformed personnel, displayed on their badge.

It allows identification of individual officers: What's your badge number?

The phrase often appears in contexts of accountability—citizens demanding an officer's badge number during a dispute, or investigators tracking which officer was involved in an incident.

Related
  • IDIdentity document abbreviation
  • officerAuthority figure in uniform
  • copLaw enforcement slang
  • patrolRegular surveillance route
  • patrol dutyAssigned surveillance rounds

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Opposites
identification type

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Identifying word for someone

personal name · given name · legal name · identity · face

anonymity vs. identification

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Unknown identity state

facelessness · unidentified · namelessness · unmarked

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G