End-of-Watch Tributes: Ways to Honor an Officer

“End of watch” marks the close of an officer's service. A retirement, or the loss of one of your own. Honoring it with something lasting, rather than something set in a drawer, keeps the service present. Here are ways to do it, and how to word them.

A badge rendered in wood

An officer's badge, carved in relief from solid hardwood at a scale a metal badge never reaches, makes a centerpiece for a retirement, a station wall, or a family's home — built from the actual insignia of the department: star, seal, county, unit number. Similar to the process we use for the Commissioned Service Badge.

Wording an end-of-watch tribute

A tribute usually carries the officer's name, badge number, department, and dates of service, with the words “End of Watch” and the date. Keep it simple, on a piece like this, restraint reads as respect.

For a department, or for a family

A department may want the unit and seal front and center; a family may want the name and dates to lead.

When a department has lost one of its own, The End of Watch Memorial is one design, one price built in 72 hours, shipped expedited air, and moved ahead of everything else on the bench. Call or text 912-333-0777 at any hour.