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There are a few that come to mind…In grad school, a woman in the Applied Math department had “SOLV4X” on her Sunbeam Alpine.A friend in Dallas had a Shelby Cobra replica; his wife was a fan of late-50s Cadillac funeral cars. They had “matching” plates on their toy cars: “HISS” and “HEARSE”.A ’73 911 Targa that I bought came with the personalized plate “911 FUN”. Hard to argue with that.

This practice is an extension of "professional courtesy." For a more detailed explanation, see Do law enforcement officers have "a code" or a culture where they overlook the transgressions of other cops or retired cops? How does it work and how far does it go?A family member is likely to have one of the "associate" cards I mentioned in my other answer. I have also seen mini-badges with some engraving of "Cop's Wife," "Cop's Son," etc., although I've never been shown one of these in the field. A chief of police I knew had made a replica of a license plate, small enough for a key chain. It read, in big capital letters, "CHIEF'S WIFE."There is a whole web page devoted to these here: Family Badges: Courtesy Badges for Family Members of Police, Firefighters, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Service Personnel . The image above was taken from that page--I don't know a thing about how the cops in Derby, NY handle this. Please keep in mind that badge vendors often make up badges for nonexistent agencies and ranks to show the design.I have been handed driver's licenses with cops' business cards stapled to them. Occasionally, I would recognize the last name of a driver as the same as an officer I knew, and ask, "Are you related to ______?"Cops are often inclined to cut breaks to other cops' family members for the same reason most are hesitant to write tickets to the cops themselves. Local police culture, and the organizational culture of the officers' agencies, determine how rigid this practice is. In some places, cops regard "professional courtesy" as nothing less than a birthright. Writing the ticket or making the arrest is a social faux pas of the worst kind. The cop who does this probably won't get any official grief from his employer, but he can be made a pariah among his peers.I've seen the professional courtesy custom strongest in the northeast and midwest, and not as prevalent in other parts of the country. However, most places, if a cop can find a way to cut another cop or one of their family members a break, they're probably going to.

I guess if you still have the title to the vehicle, you could pay for replacement plates at the DMV. If they weren’t custom plates, they might just issue you a new plate number though. Best bet would be to go to the DMV or at least look on their website.Worst case, you could perhaps get a replica plate made. There’s gotta be some place online that does such a thing. You’d have to look it up on Google.