The sheriff’s office ordered 250 new ones from Leon Uniform Co. earlier this year. The order was shipped in early March.

The badge was given to him in recognition of community service work he had done with the Cobb County sheriff’s department, according to his campaign spokesman, Will Kiley. Mr.

Walker is insisting that a sheriff’s badge he flashed during a debate last Friday is real and not a prop, despite earlier reporting that debunked Walker’s claims he worked in law enforcement.

Mr Rowland acknowledged that while Mr Walker’s badge is a genuine sheriff’s badge, it grants no power to Mr Walker to act as a law enforcement officer, according to NBC News. “It’s a real ...