Allowed

• Fake, novelty, or clearly unofficial badges such as plastic or cartoon badges

• School safety patrol badges

Restricted

• Badges that meet both of these requirements:

  • The issuing law enforcement organization has authorized in writing that the item can be sold.

  • A copy of the authorization letter with the law enforcement contact (name and phone number) is included in the listing.

• Historical badges that meet both of these requirements:

  • The listing description clearly says that the badge is a historical piece that's at least 75 years old or was issued by an organization that no longer exists.

  • The item doesn't look like a current-issue law enforcement badge (for example, an antique sheriff's badge from 19th century Tombstone). If we have reason to believe that the item looks like a current- issue badge, we may remove the listing for public safety reasons.

• Mini-badges that are about 1 inch by 1 inch in size. The listing has to include a picture of the item that shows scale.

Not allowed

• Badges encased in Lucite

• Badges from federal law enforcement agencies, including:

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs

  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  • Military Police (MP) or Criminal Investigative Services

  • Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

  • U.S. National Park or Forest Service

  • U.S. Marshal

  • U.S. or Canadian Border Patrol

  • U.S. Postal Inspector

  • U.S. Secret Service (Department of the Treasury)

• Badges from state, county, or other municipal law enforcement agencies

• Badges issued by foreign governments, including international police badges

• Badges issued by private security companies

• Badge patches or patches in the shape of a badge, including:

  • The National Park Service arrowhead patch

  • The U.S. Forest Service patch

• Credential cases

• Identification cards or credentials for members of law enforcement

• Mini TSA badges

• Movie prop badges

• Private investigator badges

• Quasi-law enforcement badges such as fire department badges

• Reproductions of current police badges, including fake badges that look like current issue police badges – for example, an X-Files FBI badge

• Special event badges like inauguration badges

Allowed

• Antique emergency lighting or sirens

• Aviation beacon lights for aircrafts

• Emergency lighting for toy or model cars (no color restriction)

• Industrial or security system emergency lighting

• Siren speakers

• Show car lighting (undercarriage) or Knight Rider-style kits

Restricted

• Actual decommissioned emergency vehicles that don't have current decals or prohibited lighting. Be sure to list these items in the appropriate eBay Motors category.

• Emergency light bars that offer only amber or clear lenses

• Emergency light bars that offer only amber or clear LEDs

• Decals for toy or model cars, though the listing has to include a picture of these items that show scale

Not allowed

• Fully operational emergency vehicles with lights, sirens, and so on

• Lighting for emergency vehicles

• Listings for emergency lighting systems that have black and white or stock images

• Red, green, or blue lenses used for emergency vehicle lights

• Red, green, or blue LEDs for emergency vehicles

• Siren controls or amplifiers for emergency vehicles

• Specific law enforcement decals

Allowed

• Novelty hats or shirts even if they say “Police,” “Sherriff,” or “SWAT”

• Police uniform accessories that are not department issued items (such as cuff links, name plates, ranks, tie clips, and so on)

• Shoulder patches for police uniforms or jackets

• Uniforms and equipment for ambulance services, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), or firefighters

• Utility belts or belt accessories

Restricted

• Components of police-style uniforms (such as shirts, pants, ties, and so on) that weren't issued by a law enforcement agency

• Obsolete police uniforms that in don't look like current-issue police uniforms, although sellers have to meet both of these requirements:

  • The information above is clearly stated in the listing description.

  • Pictures of the item are included in the listing.

Not allowed

• Military police uniforms or components of those uniforms

• Official, current- or recent-issue police uniforms or components of those uniforms (such as boots, hats, helmets, jackets, and shirts)

• Official, current- or recent-issue Canadian military uniforms

• Raid jackets

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) uniforms or components of those uniforms

• U.S. or Canadian Customs and Border Protection uniforms or components of those uniforms, including shoulder patches

Allowed

• Authorized souvenir items (such as buttons, cuff links, fake badges, hats, money clips, mugs, pens, pins, and t-shirts)

• COPS decals or novelty items

• Riot shields

• Some Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) items are allowed, with the exception of the items listed in the Not allowed section below.

• Thin Blue Line police items

Restricted

• Prison or jail keys that aren't actually used by an existing detention facility

Not allowed

• The following Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) items aren't allowed to be listed because they pose a risk to the safety of police officers:

  • Car window shields or decals

  • Emblems or frames for license plates

• Tear gas

• Traffic light control devices such as a Mobile Infrared Transmitter (MIRT)