CASE STUDY
InstantCard Offers Lower-Cost, More-Secure Solution to ID Badges for Police

Police ID Badge

“Our police department was looking for a professional card to replace our outdated and faded ID cards. All of our officers just received their new ID cards from Instantcard.” Sergeant Stephen M Gray of the Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania Police Department.

Summary

  • For police, a proper identification badge is a critical part of the uniform, and key to insuring the safety of themselves and the general public.
  • Police departments face the dual challenge of needing professional, durable ID badges while also facing decreased budgets and increased demands on their time.
  • InstantCard is a secure, inexpensive way for municipalities to obtain ID cards that meet the most stringent of quality and security standards for virtually any budget.

Situation

For a police officer, the ability to quickly establish credentials is not just a matter of convenience, it is imperative to public safety. A badge is the most universally recognized symbol of a police uniform, but police officers must also carry an identification card with identifying details. The police identification card confirms that the person carrying the badge is the same person who is authorized to carry it. In addition, a police identification badge includes important information such as their department, rank and the issuing authority.

Many police departments face the dual challenge of needing sophisticated, highly durable ID badges that cannot be destroyed or counterfeited, while also facing decreased budgets and increased demands on their time.

Printing badges in-house is no longer a feasible option for these departments.  Lower-cost commercially available printers can only print on low-quality cards that quickly wear out. These machines also do not have the ability to produce critical counterfeit-deterring features such as holographic overlays. Machines capable of producing secure, professional-grade cards costs thousands of dollars, which can be out-of-reach on an already strained budget.

Solution

InstantCard was conceived to create a secure, inexpensive way for municipalities to order id badges for police departments that meet the most stringent of quality and security standards for virtually any budget.

For InstantCard, security is at the center of their ID badge solution. InstantCard started with a commitment to invest in ID card printing machines capable of producing badges with enhanced security features.  All information is stored in a secure cloud-based platform protected by industry-leading technology. Most critically, InstantCard verifies all government ID cards before authorizing printing.

InstantCard allows even small fire departments to access the most secure, durable identification badges available, for a lower cost than flimsy, easily replicated badges printed in-house.

Secure, Full-Service ID Badges System for Police

Producing ID cards in-house entails an investment of several thousand dollars in hardware and software, plus training someone to run the machine.  The machine needs to be secured at all times to prevent the creation of fraudulent ID cards. In addition, valuable staff time must be spent designing and producing badges.

Police departments that choose to share the expense of an ID card printer with another district quickly find themselves with an additional set of administrative hurdles. New officers must receive an ID badge quickly. Communicating with a neighboring police department and waiting for the  ID badges for police to be issued and mailed can take days, or longer.

An Easy System to Issue ID Badges for Police

InstantCard’s secure online ordering process removes the expense and hassle from issuing police ID cards. Our professional designers create a unique template that cannot be found online from a pre-fab template service. Issuing new ID badges takes only a few seconds. The new officer’s information is added to the secure database, and a new badge is printed and shipped the same day.

Counterfeit-Proof ID Badge Technology

Because InstantCard specializes in producing secure, counterfeit-proof ID badges, they continuously invest in technologies to produce the most secure badges available on the market. InstantCard can produce badges with industry-leading features including:

  • Smart Chip Technology
  • Supervisor Signature
  • Ghosted Image
  • Overlapping Data
  • Department Seal

Results

Implementing an online badge ordering system allows police departments to order high quality, durable and secure ID badges for 60-70% less than the cost of printing in-house. In addition, departments save time by outsourcing badge production.

“Our police department was looking for a professional card to replace our outdated and faded ID cards. All of our officers just received their new ID cards from Instantcard,” says Sergeant Stephen M Gray of the Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania Police Department

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years as a customer

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offices implemented the badge system