research directly benefiting City
patches was not made mandatory, our police officers and
of Hope, and our community has
employees readily agreed to support the cause. So that
come together for one common
there was ultimately no expense to the community, our
goal. We also educated our
officers and staff agreed to purchase the patches on their
community about the importance
own and to pay to have them installed on their uniforms.
of regular breast exams and early
The design of our pink patches mirrors that of our
breast cancer treatment through
regular shoulder patches, complete with our city logo and
a discussion with one of our
department name. The pink version however has bright
officers about the color of his or
pink embroidery and stitching, and at the suggestion of one
her patch.
of our officers, two small pink crossed breast cancer ribbons
My story is Dorothy. Chief
were embroidered onto the patch next to our city name.
Miranda has his own story
We contacted our patch provider, Emblem Authority,
and Record’s Clerk Ortiz has
who designed and produced the patches for us at a
hers, as does every member
reduced cost, allowing the patches to be affordably
of our department. Our
purchased by our officers. To help offset the expense of
#PinkPatchProject gave us the opportunity to bring all
replacing our uniform patches on our existing uniforms,
of our stories together and do something special for the
our local uniform supply store, Keystone Uniforms
community.
in Covina, offered to sew on the pink patches for our
We made changes to our uniform patches for one
officers at a greatly reduced rate. They also offered to
month, we stimulated some conversations within the
re-sew our regular uniform patches back on our uniforms
community about breast cancer awareness and we made a
at the end of Breast Cancer Awareness Month at no
little money for a worthy cause. In the end, I am confident
cost. It was through these initial partnerships that the
that our team impacted someone’s lif K