Kinda need a citation for that claim, it really sounds… weird. It just looks like the standard douchy challenge coins anyone can get online, the airsoft place near me sells dozens with similarly cringe designs but they’re pricey enough not to be handed out casually.
edit: This substack has more on the significance of the imagery, and it aligns with what I have seen in LEO culture - it does make a lot more sense than them being given out for “kidnapping someone” as this article implies.
Summary is that these were likely given out for a joint operation with the IRS and ATF (you can see the agency names engraved on the coin) and that has it’s own chilling implications but that are unrelated to direct kidnapping rewards.
Kinda need a citation for that claim, it really sounds… weird. It just looks like the standard douchy challenge coins anyone can get online, the airsoft place near me sells dozens with similarly cringe designs but they’re pricey enough not to be handed out casually.
edit: This substack has more on the significance of the imagery, and it aligns with what I have seen in LEO culture - it does make a lot more sense than them being given out for “kidnapping someone” as this article implies.
Summary is that these were likely given out for a joint operation with the IRS and ATF (you can see the agency names engraved on the coin) and that has it’s own chilling implications but that are unrelated to direct kidnapping rewards.
That does make more sense, I should know better than to trust an obviously biased source.
All law enforcement organizations in the USA are wholly illegitimate. I respect none of their laws or regulations.