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Victoria Police (Australia)

image by Herman FMY using template by Martin Grieve, and badge from the Police Life periodical, 26 Feb 2007

Description of the flag
Police lance pennon

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Description

From photos of the National Police Memorial ceremony, the flag of Victoria Police is also based on the [British] blue ensign with the Victoria police badge in the fly. The paraded flag does not seem to differ from the flag for hoisting, with the exception of the additional silver fringes, cords, and tassel.
Herman FMY, 25 February 2007

The Victoria Police badge is described at their website. It includes a white faceted five pointed star point-down on a wreath which is taller than it is wide, surmounted by a (St Edward's?) crown. The star represents the willingness of members to go in any direction to perform their duties, the wreath bravery and the crown royal authority and allegiance to the Sovereign. One the star is a circular emblem comprising a title band with the words "VICTORIA" and "POLICE" in white on navy blue, surrounding a disc with a blue cross on red fimbriated white containing 5 white 5-pointed stars. The stars and cross represent the Southern Cross, the red background the link with the Queen/royalty. Below the circular emblem is a blue scroll containing the motto "UPHOLD THE RIGHT" in white.
Jonathan Dixon, 1 October 2008

Police lance pennon

Several of the other photos at http://www.cuff.dk/cuff/mounted.html show what is presumably the Victorian equivalent of the WA Police lance pennon - swallowtailed, three horizontal stripes light blue, white, blue.
Jonathan Dixon, 18 Jan 2005

Having looked at the National Police Memorial photos website, I can now summarize the patterns of lance pennons used by mounted police in each Australian state and territory:
Victoria: light blue above white above dark blue. Proportions 1:3; swallowtail 1/3 the pennon length.
Miles Li, 13 March 2007