Archive · 5 Sep 2025
Dearborn Heights Police Unveils English and Arabic Patch
The Dearborn Heights Police Department in Michigan has made a new police badge that includes both English and Arabic writing.
This is the first of its kind in the United States!
Officer Emily Murdoc designed it to celebrate the city's many residents with Middle Eastern and North African backgrounds.
Dearborn Heights has a large population of people from these communities.
The new patch is optional for officers to wear.
The police department posted about the patch on Facebook, highlighting unity and respect, and also disabled comments to avoid controversy.
Dearborn Heights Police Department created a new police patch.
The patch includes both English and Arabic text.
It's the first police patch in the U.S. to feature Arabic.
Designed to honor the city's Middle Eastern and North African communities.
The patch was designed by Officer Emily Murdoc.
- Who
- Dearborn Heights Police Department
- What
- Introduced the first police patch in the US featuring both English and Arabic
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan
- Why
- To honor and reflect the city's diverse Middle Eastern and North African communities
- Police Department
- Dearborn Heights Police Department
- Patch Features
- English and Arabic text
- Purpose
- Honor the city’s Middle Eastern and North African communities
- Population
- Dearborn Heights: 39% Middle Eastern/North African (2023), Dearborn: 55%
- Designer
- Officer Emily Murdoc