In British fiction when a policeman or other plainclothes official wishes to show their authority, they display something they call a “warrant card”, not a badge as in the United States. Is
![Police warrant card holders like that used by Wayne Couzens to snatch Sarah Everard are shockingly for sale online | The Sun Police warrant card holders like that used by Wayne Couzens to snatch Sarah Everard are shockingly for sale online | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NINTCHDBPICT000685551934.jpg)
Police warrant card holders like that used by Wayne Couzens to snatch Sarah Everard are shockingly for sale online | The Sun
![Brent MPS | North West BCU on Twitter: "Following on from our fake warrant tweet, we've had lots of enquires about real ones. This is specific to Met warrant cards, example below Brent MPS | North West BCU on Twitter: "Following on from our fake warrant tweet, we've had lots of enquires about real ones. This is specific to Met warrant cards, example below](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ds340WAX4AAVpwF.jpg:large)
Brent MPS | North West BCU on Twitter: "Following on from our fake warrant tweet, we've had lots of enquires about real ones. This is specific to Met warrant cards, example below
![Probably the first time the police showing his warrant card in front of cameras, during the 4 months of protests : r/HongKong Probably the first time the police showing his warrant card in front of cameras, during the 4 months of protests : r/HongKong](https://preview.redd.it/mdsx95lxd4s31.png?auto=webp&s=bc240a5c61b220fa3bfb38c5a82692f858dad360)
Probably the first time the police showing his warrant card in front of cameras, during the 4 months of protests : r/HongKong
![We stopped Londoners with a fake police badge bought off Amazon and they believed it was real - MyLondon We stopped Londoners with a fake police badge bought off Amazon and they believed it was real - MyLondon](https://i2-prod.mylondon.news/incoming/article23105213.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/0_police-badge.jpg)
We stopped Londoners with a fake police badge bought off Amazon and they believed it was real - MyLondon
![Middlesbrough Borough Police - Middlesbrough Police Warrant Card 1963 - British Police online Museum Middlesbrough Borough Police - Middlesbrough Police Warrant Card 1963 - British Police online Museum](http://www.pmcc-club.co.uk/museum/albums/userpics/10005/brucewarr1.jpg)
Middlesbrough Borough Police - Middlesbrough Police Warrant Card 1963 - British Police online Museum
![Alice Podcasts on Twitter: "so a warrant card is a plastic ID card British cops get instead of a metal badge - theoretically you can ask any uniformed officer to see theirs, Alice Podcasts on Twitter: "so a warrant card is a plastic ID card British cops get instead of a metal badge - theoretically you can ask any uniformed officer to see theirs,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkJdC1nXkAINgj_.jpg)