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# Who will budge on badges?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/who-will-budge-on-badges-20070620/
- Published: 2007-06-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T01:13:48.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

City officials have set aside $50,000 to acquire newly-designed badges for the Santa Monica Police Department. The plan has drawn criticism from taxpayer groups who would rather see the money spent on what they claim are more pressing needs.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Do you think that SMPD should go ahead with the new badge plan or is it a case of mismanaged funds?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 20, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)