I stumbled across a 4chan thread (archive) where researchers have discovered a lot of Police Department badges that contain the "Boy Lover" triangle as warned about by the FBI .
I had previously posted about the Los Angeles County Sheriff badge , but I didn't look for other similar designs at the time.
The original 4chan thread is constantly being derailed, I'd like to focus on just the "Boy Lover" triangles from this FBI document below for this collection.
I've also discovered an interesting bit of history on the Los Angeles County badge design that I'll include at the bottom. So many interesting coincidences!
If you know of any others, please add them in the comments below !
Los Angeles County Sheriff
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Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Special Agent
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Ventura County Sheriff
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San Luis Obispo County Deputy Sheriff
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Hazzard County Deputy Sheriff
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Herrera County Sheriff's Dept
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Monmouth Police Reserve
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Waukegan, Illinois
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History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Badge Design
There's a great 100 page illustrated guide to the history of Los Angeles County law enforcement available at scvhistory.com .
I've included screenshots from this guide related to what seems to be the first Police badge containing the "Boy Lover" symbol - it was custom made originally for Eugene Bischailuz .
Eugene was the original organiser of the California highway patrol in 1929 :
In 1932 he began standardizing the police badge designs:
In 1933 he formed one of the first uniformed Sheriffs departments in the nation:
In 1939 he developed the "Sheriffs Boys Band" of touring juvenile musicians...
He had his badge custom made with the "Boy Lover" symbol in the 1950's
This was only a small segment of the full guide , included because it seems like other police departments may have simply copied Eugene's original design.
It's too creepy a coincidence that he was developing a boy band before adding the Boy Lover symbol for me..
What do you think ? Have you noticed similar symbols in your area ?
