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Posted: 1/17/2021 10:09:23 AM EDT

[#1]

I wore the 80s Orange belt. My kids have my badge around here somewhere still.

My oldest son was in the safety patrol in elementary school and he still routinely runs into “his kids” and their parents who still love him (he turned 19 yesterday). He was the “safety patrol of the year” for his school. Many of “his kids” are also patients of my wife (a pediatrician) and several have told my wife they switched their kids to her because my son was so awesome to their kids ‘

I am very blessed to have 3 great kids

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:11:58 AM EDT

[#2]

Not me. I had issues with authority pretty much from birth - didn’t seek any for myself, didn’t want anyone else to have any either. Fifty+ years hasn’t changed me much.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:12:23 AM EDT

[#3]

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Did something similar my freshman year of high school. The campus was four buildings around a large central parking lot. Each building had an office and as a "runner" I was excused from study hall to run papers and such between the offices. Usually I'd just run a stack of papers from office A to office B then tack on the time difference to my lunch period so I could get a nearly two hour lunch break.

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In high school I had a "never expiring" hall pass. For all four years, I took TV productions. My teacher wrote out a hall pass my freshman year and the end time he put the infinity symbol. It was so we can go around campus and do the news, work on projects like movies, etc...

It was a great way to get out of class. That plus a camera made me king. Especially since I was the one of the last that had off campus lunch. Hell, we can even go off campus to film. God, I wish I could relive those days. Nothing but chasing skirt. The best part about it was that I can grab anyone I needed for a project and they'd be excused too. I always made sure to grab the hot chicks and did some "editing" at home during the school day.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:12:52 AM EDT

[#4]

I had an orange belt with the blue Lieutenant badge. Late 70s. At my school, it was a year long gig for a select few fifth graders with the best grades and attendance.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:12:53 AM EDT

[#5]

Yes. I was a Sargent from 1968-1969.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:13:06 AM EDT

[#6]

No such thing when I was a kid. 20 years later, when my kid sister was in grade school, they had adults that volunteered as crossing guards. Small town. Street wasn't very busy.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:14:25 AM EDT

[#7]

I was drunk at a bar when I was 19 about 1 in the afternoon once, and got into an argument with a drunk ass ~60 year old female crossing guard over the jukebox. I knew she was a crossing guard because she was wearing her uniform in the bar.

It was actually getting heated, then my boss and coworker showed back up, paid my bill and "rescued" me before it got any worse.

I would see her after that at 2:30-3pm, walking kids across the street and I wondered:

How fucking drunk everyday was that lady who was responsible for stopping traffic and protecting kids?

Speed

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:18:08 AM EDT

[#8]

Casa Linda Elementary in Corpus Christi. 1969/1970

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:19:00 AM EDT

[#9]

We had it in the 80’s in elementary school. It was a rotating thing among the students - no choice to opt out.

We only “patrolled” the hallways. I don’t recall much about it so that probably means I turned a blind eye to everything or even participated in it.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:19:39 AM EDT

[#10]

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http://www.badgeman50.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/schoolbadges1.jpg

I remember as a kid, it was 3rd Graders fighting to the finish on the schoolyard vying for who'd be sashed and badged for the week to be part of the Safety Patrol (Crossing Guard). Is this even still a thing these days in Elementary School?

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4th and 5th grade. They even gave us Stop signs and whistles to stop cars at the crosswalk.... Imagine that today.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:19:40 AM EDT

[#11]

When I was in elementary school the 'safety patrol' nerds had to hide the belts on the way home or the tough kids would kick their asses.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:19:58 AM EDT

[#12]

Yep, still have mine somewhere, white with the badge. 5th and 6th grade, '75 and '76!

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:24:04 AM EDT

[#13]

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1965 Catholic School in Houston on South Park Blvd. The street is now called MLK Blvd.

Safety patrol got out of class early to get equipment ( belt, badge, bamboo pole with a flag on the end, and big yellow raincoat if it was raining) and be on station. At the end of the year you received a holy card for your service. Holy card - Small card with a picture of a saint that possessed some mysterious magic power. They were given to kids for meritorious achievement or service.

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Same time, same place, but public school. I was too much of an outlaw at 9 to be badged.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:24:29 AM EDT

[#14]

Those kids today qualify for LEOSA if they saved the badge and paperwork.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:25:31 AM EDT

[#15]

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In high school I had a "never expiring" hall pass. For all four years, I took TV productions. My teacher wrote out a hall pass my freshman year and the end time he put the infinity symbol. It was so we can go around campus and do the news, work on projects like movies, etc...

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It was a great way to get out of class. That plus a camera made me king. Especially since I was the one of the last that had off campus lunch. Hell, we can even go off campus to film. God, I wish I could relive those days. Nothing but chasing skirt. The best part about it was that I can grab anyone I needed for a project and they'd be excused too. I always made sure to grab the hot chicks and did some "editing" at home during the school day.

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In my high school I just left whenever I wanted to........it was a ghetto school and although I never studied I ended up 3rd in my class grade wise when graduating.

Getting A's in ghetto schools is about as easy as shooting fish in a barrel.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:25:35 AM EDT

[#16]

My school didn’t have any crossing guards or safety belted people...we all died

All we had was a neighboring farm seemed to only put out anhydrous while we were outside for athletics .....fucker

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:25:37 AM EDT

[#17]

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I was in elementary school in the 80s and the safety patrol wore orange belts with badges. All the crossing guards now are adults in high viz vests.

https://i.ibb.co/F7K9HJB/FD4-C8-BBA-3-C5-B-4-B26-8-BF9-6-E1-C1146-A5-EB.jpg

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When I lived in Maryland in the early 70's, I was in the School Safety Patrol and I wore that exact same belt.

I think the ranks even went to Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:26:04 AM EDT

[#18]

Never had the misfortune of having to wear any of that garbage but I did have the occasional run in with the little Hitler squad.

I'm sure it contributed to my general dislike and mistrust of "authority figures" in my youth.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:26:25 AM EDT

[#19]

They were around in the '40s and '50s. Our HS was located beside the elementary and grammar schools and high school kids acted as safety patrols. Pretty cool job since the local police taught them how to direct traffic.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:27:46 AM EDT

[#20]

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I was in elementary school in the 80s and the safety patrol wore orange belts with badges. All the crossing guards now are adults in high viz vests.

https://i.ibb.co/F7K9HJB/FD4-C8-BBA-3-C5-B-4-B26-8-BF9-6-E1-C1146-A5-EB.jpg

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I wore that as a 5th grade safety patrol in 1996

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:28:42 AM EDT

[#21]

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Not me. I had issues with authority pretty much from birth - didn’t seek any for myself, didn’t want anyone else to have any either. Fifty+ years hasn’t changed me much.

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Yep.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:29:42 AM EDT

[#22]

I vaguely remember something like that in elementary school. That was in the late nineties.

In my sophomore year in high school some idiot in charge decided it was a good idea to have volunteer seniors to walk the halls and write people up who were skipping class. They were taking bribes like a motherfucker. Tried to strong arm me once when I had permission to go to the bathroom and nailed me once when I was skipping class and unfortunately broke.

One of the reasons I'm suspicious of anyone with authority.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:30:08 AM EDT

[#23]

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Back in my day the Sam Browne belts were white.

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Yep, I was about to mention that above....There were still a few white ones floating around when I did it, but I remember they were in the storage bin.

These were made out of a heavy white duck canvas, whereas mine was a heavy blaze orange plastic. There was even a way to fold the thing up in a ball with the badge facing up, although I couldn't remember the first step how to to do it now..

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:30:40 AM EDT

[#24]

Holy shit there are a lot of nerds here. I would have rather died than be a hall monitor lol

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:30:53 AM EDT

[#25]

Mid 70's yes we had orange belts, flags and helmets. I remember quite a few confrontations over the walk, no walk order.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:31:41 AM EDT

[#26]

Late 50s - Mid 60s - White crossing belts with badges, worn by 6th graders only, at San Jacinto Elementary , San Angelo, Texas.........

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:31:59 AM EDT

[#27]

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Never saw such a dorky thing before.

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It looks Communist.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:32:54 AM EDT

[#28]

Nope.

Homeschooled.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:33:38 AM EDT

[#29]

Not I. I jaywalked and defied their authoritah.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:35:13 AM EDT

[#30]

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I was in elementary school in the 80s and the safety patrol wore orange belts with badges. All the crossing guards now are adults in high viz vests.

https://i.ibb.co/F7K9HJB/FD4-C8-BBA-3-C5-B-4-B26-8-BF9-6-E1-C1146-A5-EB.jpg

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This, no badge.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:35:23 AM EDT

[#31]

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My school didn’t have any crossing guards or safety belted people...we all died

All we had was a neighboring farm seemed to only put out anhydrous while we were outside for athletics .....fucker

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I remember we had them in grade school but that was about it.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:36:52 AM EDT

[#32]

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I was in elementary school in the 80s and the safety patrol wore orange belts with badges. All the crossing guards now are adults in high viz vests.

https://i.ibb.co/F7K9HJB/FD4-C8-BBA-3-C5-B-4-B26-8-BF9-6-E1-C1146-A5-EB.jpg

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This minus the badge in 8th grade. The 'cool' crossing guards learned how to fold/wrap the belts so that it could be hung on the belt. Only dorks wore it the way it was designed.

Honestly I did like watching for traffic while the little kids crossed, made me feel like I was keeping them safe

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:36:53 AM EDT

[#33]

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Holy shit there are a lot of nerds here. I would have rather died than be a hall monitor lol

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We didn't work inside the school. I had one outside intersection that I worked and I basically just made sure the little kids didn't run out in front of traffic.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:36:55 AM EDT

[#34]

No, never heard of it back then.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:37:05 AM EDT

[#35]

I wore Toughskins from Sears & Roebuck in grade school.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:37:32 AM EDT

[#36]

Nope. Had to walk about a half mile starting in first grade though.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:39:15 AM EDT

[#37]

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I wore Toughskins from Sears & Roebuck in grade school.

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Toughskins and Rustlers.

I felt bad for the chubby kids that had to wear Husky jeans.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:39:57 AM EDT

[#38]

I went to Palm Beach Elementary School from '72-78... so yes, those orange belts were worn proudly. (Not by me though)

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:42:27 AM EDT

[#39]

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Orange belt and badge.

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Yes, mid to late 70’s.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:47:59 AM EDT

[#40]

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http://www.badgeman50.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/schoolbadges1.jpg

I remember as a kid, it was 3rd Graders fighting to the finish on the schoolyard vying for who'd be sashed and badged for the week to be part of the Safety Patrol (Crossing Guard). Is this even still a thing these days in Elementary School?

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I remember being in the safety patrol. Gulfport Elementary School, Gulfport FL. The highlight of the year would be a big event sponsored by McDonalds, where they’d give us burgers and Ronald McDonald would be there...

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:48:36 AM EDT

[#41]

My school was retarded. I think we had the only school that was K through 7. Most others were K-6 and 7th graders went to middle school. Not my school.

So 7th graders were assigned as Saftey Patrol.

I was appointed as a Saftey Guard by our principal, one of 7 I think. It allowed me to leave class early, arrive late, and escape for special functions

We also had flag detail too, so if it began to rain...We left class to lower and fold the flag, which took FOREVER

plus if I didnt like you I turned your name in for running

which may have resulted in some unnecessary detentions

and we called out the bus numbers over the intercom at the end of the day. Bus 185, Bus 185. Bus 42, Bus 42.

We had contests to see who could read the bus numbers from the furthest away.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:48:51 AM EDT

[#42]

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I was in elementary school in the 80s and the safety patrol wore orange belts with badges. All the crossing guards now are adults in high viz vests.

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5th grade. Housman Elementary, Houston, TX late '70s.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:49:31 AM EDT

[#43]

The patrol kids had to be in 5th grade or higher, and had some secret technique to roll them up to put on their belts during the day.

I remember it well...Only a few of us remain to speak of this.
They had merely bribed and insinuated their way into positions of power.

They thought they were better than us, each one a scheming backstabber to rival the next. They claimed they were concerned only with our safety as a ruse to deny our freedoms while they passed security measures in their smoke filled backrooms.
Slowly they eliminated the board of the Weekly Reader and replaced them with shrewd propagandists, until there was no truth to be found.

I remember the swaggering, the snide remarks, the muffled screams from the basement, the hushed conversations when someone approached, yet they continued claiming innocence and only to be concerned with our safety through their organs of control. Most went along with the regime and adapted to the stringent measures. We were the lovers of freedom, the glaring hypocrisy fuel our rage.

-oh how we loathed them, and did everything we could to derail their accursed plans to oppress us.
It seemed it would never end.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:51:06 AM EDT

[#44]

I was one of those losers.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:51:08 AM EDT

[#45]

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Never saw such a dorky thing before.

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Same, also grew up and still live in a fairly rural area

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:53:25 AM EDT

[#46]

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Those kids today qualify for LEOSA if they saved the badge and paperwork.

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Maybe in Arizona, Elementary school is ten years. But not in Florida. No LEOSA since they didn't do a minimum of ten years.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:54:08 AM EDT

[#47]

Count me in, wore one of those in the late 70's in Jr. HS...lol

We stood out in the street and dodged cars as kids walked and rode their bikes home. No need now as everyone rides the bus or gets picked up in a car. Walking or bike riding is now child abuse.

Damn that was a long time ago...

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:55:44 AM EDT

[#48]

I don't think they had them in my kid's generation.

Posted: 1/17/2021 10:55:52 AM EDT

[#49]

My school never had such a thing. It's a small, rural school with K-12 in the same continuous building. We were allowed to reload ammunition in school, during activity periods, for school turkey and trap shoots on Fridays. We could even keep our shotguns or .22's in our lockers.