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PINS

Seal of the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services, featuring a shield with stars and stripes, a key, a sword, a feather, a star, and a book with scales and a leaf, surrounded by the text 'U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services'.

1" pin design inspired by U.S. Probation ED/PA's design, modified to read USPSO. 50 pins Produced by Blackinton in December 2018. Donation courtesy Chief U.S. Pretrial Services Officer, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 

1" pin designed and purchased by Chief U.S. Probation Officer, Northern District of New York. 300 pins Produced by Collinson in June 2016.  Used to recognize officers, and for other special occasions. Donation courtesy retired CUSPO, 2019.

Larger 1 3/8" pin designed by Chief U.S. Probation Officer, Northern District of New York. 300 pins produced by QUALITYLAPELPINS .COM June 2018. Pin matches coin on the coin page. Donation courtesy retired CUSPO, 2019.

1" pin designed and manufactured by Kenneth Jerigan & Associates. 200 pins were manufactured in 2016.  Information provided by Supervisory Probation Officer, and donation courtesy Chief Probation Officer, Southern District of Alabama.

IMPORTANT! 7/8” badge pin produced by husband of retired SUSPO ND/CA in 1987 after Thomas Gahl’s death. Thomas is the last USPO do be murdered in the line of duty. Pin marked with company name PLACAS Products, Soquel CA. Placas is Spanish for ‘badges’. 200 pins were made in silver, and 100 gold. Gold version not in the Museum. They were sold only to USPO’s to raise money for his children's scholarship fund. Image courtesy of SUSPO, Southern District of Indiana. History courtesy of designer.

IMPORTANT! 7/8" badge pin produced by husband of retired SUSPO ND/CA in 1987 after Thomas Gahl’s death. Thomas is the last USPO do be murdered in the line of duty. Pin marked with company name PLACAS Products, Soquel CA. Placas is Spanish for ‘badges’. 200 pins were made in silver, and 100 gold. They were sold only to USPO’s to raise money for his children's scholarship fund. Pin donated by Thomas’s widow who remains active in the system. History courtesy of designer.

U.S. Pretrial Services, Southern District of NY.

1 1/4" pin Purchased by this curator at FLETC Express, Charleston, January 2020.

1" pin of WDNC full size badge, (see it on badge page).  Manufactured by Smith & Warren, 200 pins were ordered in 2021. Donation courtesy of Location Monitoring Specialist, Western District of North Carolina.

1" pin of centennial full-size badge, (see it on badge page).  Manufactured by Symbol Arts, 2025. 

NEW Federal Probation Officers Association (FPOA) logo. Produced prior to April 1, 1993 when the Articles of Incorporation changed the name to Federal Probation and Pretrial Officers Association (FPPOA).

NEW 1" pin Federal Probation Officers Association (FPOA) logo. Production date unknown, but manufactured prior to April 1, 1993 when the Articles of Incorporation changed the name to Federal Probation and Pretrial Officers Association (FPPOA).

NEW 1" pin from U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services, Central District of California.  Donation courtesy Chief U.S. Probation Officer, October 2025.  Research ongoing, but marked “Proudly Made in USA”.

Credential patch from the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Museum, established in 2011, featuring first Probation and Pretrial badges and a silhouette of a man and woman in professional attire.

Get yours! The first and only credential patch. Leather look PVC based on a 1966 credential. After an approved donation, you will receive a Museum CRED patch.  This offer is valid while supplies last and only one patch per person.