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<![CDATA[<div>This is a great looking City of SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Police Dept (GOLDEN) challenge coin. Reverse side has St. Michael the Protector, Patron Saint of Police and the words "In God We Trust". Coin is approx.1 9/16" in diameter, gold plated with raised lettering and is contained in an acrylic air tight holder and is displayed in an attractive blue velvet presentation box which will make this a very impressive gift. The San Francisco Police Department, also known as the San Francisco Department of Police, is the police department of the City and County of San Francisco, California. The department's motto is the same as that of the city and county: Oro en paz, fierro en guerra, archaic Spanish for Gold in peace, iron in war. The SFPD should not be confused with the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, which is another law enforcement agency within San Francisco. The SFPD (along with the San Francisco Fire Department and the San Francisco Sheriff's Department) serves an estimated population of 1.2 million, including the daytime-commuter population, and the thousands of other tourists and visitors, in the second most densely populated large city in North America. It is the 11th largest police department in the United States. The SFPD began operations on August 13, 1849 during the Gold Rush under the command of Captain Malachi Fallon. At the time, Chief Fallon had a force of one deputy captain, three sergeants and thirty officers