Two active officers cannot have the same badge number from the same agency. When adding an officer record, you can enter the officer's badge number. If the badge number already exists for another active officer from the selected agency, a warning message is displayed, so you can verify the badge number you entered.

If your site is not set up to validate officers, you do not have the option to search for an officer on a data-entry page. Instead of creating an officer record for each officer, you simply enter the officer's name and badge number in the space provided. The system does not verify that the officer is associated with the selected agency or that another officer does not have the same badge number.