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New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick wearing her police badge “upside down” is part of a longstanding department tradition that underlines her leadership role ...

Clad in their uniforms and minutes from receiving their police badge, the Metropolitan Police Department’s newest recruits sat stone-faced at the beginning of their graduation ceremony.