Does it bother anyone but me that a significant number of US police forces are using federal military ribbons for their own internal awards? When you look at the ribbon racks of the chiefs of Chicago and Orlando in recent photographs you see a number of identifiable federal ribbons worn by people who do not have the appropriate military service to justify them. I first noticed this in the case of the Orlando chief who was wearing the Air Force Combat Readiness Medal's ribbon - no prior Air Force service time, and not enough military active duty service to have met the requirements if he had served in the Air Force (he served one enlistment as an Army military policeman). A closer look showed that the entire rack was federal ribbons dating back to the occupation of Germany post World War II.
The supposed justification for this practice is that the federal military ribbons are cheaper than buying the metal and enamel ribbons provided a number of vendors of police uniforms. It is an apparently widespread practice. I find it incredibly offensive and an obvious case of misrepresentation.