For more than two years, Michael Fanone’s muddied D.C. police badge was kept in a zip-top bag in an FBI evidence bin, dirt smeared across an imprint of the U.S. Capitol emblazoned on its face.

"We had good days, and we had bad days," he said, as he sketched a picture of a police badge. Drawing has always been an outlet and a way to help Cottrell navigate a complex profession. Now ...

He joined a weekly drawing club in New London where different ... One of Jared Wosmek’s first paintings includes his police/badge number 3224. Wosmek uses his art as a way to cope with post ...