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Montgomery County police officers now have new patches on their ballistic vests to help the public differentiate between their law enforcement agency and others active in the area, such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

In a social media post on Tuesday, the Montgomery County Department of Police wrote that some patrol officers currently wear outer ballistic vests with a cloth badge on the front and “POLICE” on the back.

Going forward, all vests worn by county patrol officers will have a patch on the back that reads “MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE.”

As of Wednesday,

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