Wichita Police Department
Bomb Squad

The Meaning of the EOD Badge

The Wreath

Symbolic of the achievements and laurels gained mnimizing accident potentials through the ingenuity and devotion to duty of its members. It is in memory of those EOD officers and men or women who gave their lives while performing EOD duties.

The Bomb

Copied from the design of the World War II Bomb Disposal Badge, the bomb represents the historic and major objective of the EOD attack, the unexploded bomb. The three fins represent the major areas of nuclear, conventional, and chemical/biological warfare.

The Lighting Bolts

Symbolize the potential destructive power of the bomb and the courage and professionalism of EOD personnel in their endeavors to reduce hazards as well as to render explosive ordnance harmless.

The Shield

Represents the EOD mission which is to property personnel and property in the immediate area from an inadvertent detonation of hazardous ordnance.

The Top Wreath and Star

Represents the Master EOD Technician.