The law enforcement badge or shield is an important artifact from my community. The badge respresents many things in law enforcement and other communities. The law enforcement badge tells people your rank, what police agency you are from and in some cases how long you have been serving as a law enforcement officer. The law enforcement badge is by far one of the most important parts of the uniform. The badge lets people around the community know that the perosn with the badge is a law enforcement officer. The badge is a since of identity and usually respected because all that it means to law enforcement agencies and all that the badge signifies to the community around it.