Do Army MPs get a badge number?

LCpl Benji Smith - Maybe You should get Your act together and go back to the original Question on the post by SPC Gomez just asking if the numbers were used the same way. They at NOT. Being rude and insulting to make Your point also doesn't fly very well and there is nothing wrong with My reading ability. Also SFC Boyd was responding to the original question which was about MP badge numbers. I spent over 40 years Full time between both Military and civilian Police. The point is what is true for the civilian Police Badge Isn't true for the Military bade as to ID. That is all the original question was about which is fine.

When I was in back in1969 you were given a car number i was car 11 which was patrol supervisor other cars were numbered and you were assigned to that car by your name back then that’ made sense

My two cents. I was an Active Duty MP during 91 - 01, stationed in 6 duty locations and never was issued a badge. I remember that our badge number was the fist letter of the last name and last four of the SSN. The only ones that I known to have a physical badge or Credentials were MPI and CID. The credentials were for accountable and sensitive items. Currently I am a DA Lead Security guard, where the Dept of the Army Civilian Police have badges that are issued to them and have to be return when they depart.

Actually, a lot of departments issue a badge number to their Officers. I was civilian LE for 20 years. My badge number was my call sign and used on all my paperwork. It was not just a number on a piece of equipment.

When MP Badges were issued, SSG's and above kept their badge, but even that was not a number assigned to the PERSON - it was, as you inferred, simply a serial number for accountability. During that time, losing a badge resulted in an SIR (Serious Incident Report) with the shortage so noted on inventory forms.
A few years ago, a retired SGM friend that I served with when we were both SSG's, actually gave me the badge that I wore when I got out of the Army. Far better (to me) than the replicas you can easily obtain today.

I spent 22 years first Air Police, then Security Police last Security Forces. I have My badges from from My retirement, I'd have to look at them though for the number. I think You will find though there is only one badge of that number. When i first came in We had to physically show the badge once per year and it was accountable and You only got one. If You lost it a DD Form 1569 Incident/Complaint Report had to be written. In later years You could get more than one and no longer had to physically show them and still none of the numbers were the same.