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In 1921 the police department in St. Louis first started using pure copper badges, whose popularity quickly spread due to its frugality, especially following the economic strain caused by the recent spike in criminal activity. This was popularized in dramatic performances in early television in later years as the defining characteristic for cops in Chicago to gleam their "cops" before raiding a mob hideout.

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