Custom police department hats are one of the highest-margin, easiest-selling items in any agency shop. Officers wear them off-duty, families wear them to events, retirees collect them, and they make excellent recruitment giveaways. The Bear Grips Pro Shops catalog includes seven hat styles ranging from rope hats to winter beanies, all customizable with an embroidered department seal, no minimum order required.
The catalog includes seven different hat cuts that cover off-duty wear, event giveaways, and seasonal use:
See the complete hat catalog for every cut, color, and customization option.
Police department seals are usually circular, which works in the department's favor. The classic snapback and rope-hat front panel has roughly two inches of vertical space, and a clean circular seal fills that space without crowding the seams.
What looks sharp on a police hat:
The Classic Flat Bill Snapback from Yupoong and the Cuffed Winter Hat are both embroidery-default products. The Rope Hat and Premium 5-Panel are printed by default, which lets you use the full agency seal with all its color detail without stitch-count limits.
Bear Grips Pro Shops: Custom Apparel for Your Team. No Minimums. Free Shipping.Patrol officers in northern states, motor officers, and K9 handlers all need cold-weather headwear that fits under or replaces the duty hat. A custom department beanie with an embroidered seal lets officers stay warm while still showing agency identification at scenes and community events.
The Cuffed Winter Hat from Yupoong is the standard choice. Knit construction, fold-up cuff, and an embroidered seal on the cuff face that stays visible whether the officer is wearing it folded or pulled down. VIP base is $25.86 and most departments retail beanies at $32-40, leaving a $6-14 margin per hat.
For agencies running a department-funded outfit program (where the department covers a baseline of off-duty pride apparel for each sworn officer), beanies make a cost-effective annual gift. Each officer gets their own size, color, and unit variation without a department-wide bulk order.
Hats sell better than almost any other apparel item for police department fundraisers. Three reasons:
A typical agency hat fundraiser run alongside a community event (back-the-blue rally, citizen academy graduation, K9 retirement) can move 30-60 hats in the first two weeks if the shop link is shared across department social media, family networks, and retiree groups. See the police department fundraiser guide for the full revenue math.
Pricing across the seven hat styles:
| Hat Style | VIP Base | Typical Retail | Margin/Hat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh Snapback | $25.88 | $32-38 | $6-12 |
| Cotton Lifestyle Hat | $25.88 | $32-38 | $6-12 |
| Cuffed Winter Hat | $25.86 | $32-42 | $6-16 |
| Youth Baseball Hat | $25.86 | $28-34 | $2-8 |
| Classic Rope Hat | $29.86 | $36-45 | $6-15 |
| Premium 5-Panel | $29.86 | $36-45 | $6-15 |
| Classic Flat Bill Snapback | $29.86 | $38-48 | $8-18 |
Order flow is the same as every other product in the shop: officers, family members, retirees, and community supporters order directly from the shop link, hats ship to their address, the department keeps the margin. No precinct collection runs, no inventory storage, no manual order tracking.
Snapbacks, rope hats, winter beanies, mesh truckers. Pick the styles your officers will wear and start selling embroidered department hats with zero inventory.
Start FreeYes. There is no minimum order on any hat style. A single embroidered snapback can be ordered for a retirement gift, or 200 hats can be ordered for a community fundraiser, with the same per-unit pricing in either case.
The Classic Flat Bill Snapback from Yupoong is the most-ordered off-duty hat across departments. The flat bill gives a sharper profile, the structured front holds embroidery cleanly, and the snapback closure fits most officers without a sizing guess.
Yes. Each unit can have its own hat variant in the shop. K9 handlers often run a unit-specific hat with a paw or K9 silhouette under the agency seal instead of the standard patrol design.
Embroidery and direct print on the catalog's hat styles fall within roughly $2-4 per hat of each other at VIP pricing. The choice usually comes down to design rather than cost: complex multi-color seals print better, while clean line-art seals look sharper embroidered.
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