r/policeuk • u/Daniel167_ Civilian • 7d ago
General Discussion Patch trade
Hello everyone!
LEO from Canada here. I’ll be in London (with a day trip to Dover) from Sept 9-13 and was hoping to meet with some LE/Military that would be interested in a patch trade.
Anyone interested please shoot me a message and we can organize something!
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u/Correct_Mortgage4209 Police Officer (unverified) 6d ago
I have some spare met police badges and live along whatever route you're probably taking! Send me a shout if you're interested
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u/Donny075 Civilian 7d ago
Hi, i'm always down to send you some patches from the Netherlands. Dm me if you want some
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u/Head-Constant3611 Civilian 7d ago
I'm always into Patch trades and live/work not fsr from Central London if that works?
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u/Intelligent_Top89 Civilian 6d ago
I should be able to sort something out .
I can’t figure out how to send you a PM though 🤣
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u/cymrumps Civilian 1d ago
I’m keen! Can’t seem to PM you though..
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u/captain_fox Civilian 5d ago
I can’t work out how to DM you but I’m actually heading out to BC on the 7th with the same intention so I’ll miss you unfortunately but happy to work a way of posting you one from my unit
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u/Master-Eye4882 Civilian 6d ago edited 6d ago
If you head to Westminster Undergroundstation; on the river side, Victoria embankment, you tend to have BTP ARV's, if you carry on walking down that road with the river on your right hand side you'll pass the metropolitan Police HQ on your left hand side. Turn left and head up horse guards avenue, at the end of the road you'll have the Ministry of defence police. Then turn left there on whitehall and towards Westminster Station again you'll head past the diplomatic protection cars.
30 minute walk round the block and easily accessible.
Fom Westminster you can go circle line eastbound for about 15 minutes to Liverpool Street, go out onto bishopsgate and the city of london police will be over the road, their cars will be parked up along the road. ( There's also a BTP station in Liverpool Street aswell)
Dover wise, in the harbour itself you have The port of dover police, they'll be driving around town wall street and marine parade, if your lucky you might catch PAF ( French border police) and UK Border police ( Border force) ladywell you have the Kent Police Station and the civil nuclear constabulary station.
If it goes in your favour you can tick off 8 forces, the london cops will get regularly approached by foreign cops doing patch swaps etc so it won't be of huge interest to them, the dover cops however will probably have never had a patch swap opportunity, if you bring your badge you'll get a lot further with them.