Formed in 1968.
Departments were organized into divisions
- Chicago-area divisions serve a dense area;
- outside the immediate Chicago area, divisions are comprised of one or more counties.
- departments within the division serve a geographic portion of the metropolitan area without regard to county boundaries
- These divisions usually consist of 12 to 20 departments.
- High Quality.
- Fully Embroidered.
- patch is in NEW condition for collection purposes only.
- NOT a badge and does not give any authority.