April 5, 2023
![The shoulder patch of the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Police Department.](https://leb.fbi.gov/image-repository/ft-lauderdale-police-patch.jpg/@@images/image/large)
The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Police Department patch features the city’s logo — a rising sunburst depicted in concert with a sailboat flying a full-blown spinnaker. Fort Lauderdale has a warm, subtropical climate and is known as the “Venice of America” for its 165 miles of navigable island waterways, thousands of registered boats, and world-famous beach.