Editing Baseball cap (section)

== Professional use ==
=== Military ===
{{See also|Patrol cap}}

[[File:US Navy 040527-N-4104L-001 Guided missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59), Commanding Officer, Cmdr. William Kearns III, communicates with his combat information center.jpg|thumb|Baseball caps worn by naval officers from the US, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines]]
Although the patrol cap is common in the [[United States Armed Forces]], some sections use baseball caps as part of their uniforms instead, usually with [[combat uniform]]s. They sometimes have a command logo on the front to denote command affiliation. Alternatively, the cap may have the wearer's rank on the front, if an officer. Baseball caps of a particular color are worn to denote a specific function of a person or particular job. For example, in the [[United States]] [[submarine]] force, red baseball caps are worn by drill monitors who facilitate and critique members of the boat's crew during drills. In the [[United States Army]], [[parachute rigger]]s wear red baseball caps and parachute instructors wear black baseball caps as part of their uniform. In various squadrons of the [[United States Air Force]]'s [[Civil Air Patrol|civilian auxiliary]], squadron-distinctive baseball caps have been issued as headgear (or "cover") for the [[Battle Dress Uniform]], typically displaying squadron colors, squadron number, and/or squadron patch. Although the BDUs have their own cover, a [[patrol cap]] in [[M81 Woodland]] pattern, some squadrons have opted for more distinctive covers.

=== Police ===
{{See also|Uniform#Police}}
There has been a marked trend in recent years among police forces throughout the world to substitute inexpensive and comfortable baseball caps, replacing [[Peaked cap|peaked caps]] and other traditional headdresses. The baseball cap is already commonly used by [[private security companies]] as a low cost, practical piece of uniform headgear. Particularly heavily armed police units around the world, including [[SWAT]] in the United States and the [[Metropolitan Police]] [[Specialist Firearms Command]] in the UK, often wear baseball caps to shield their eyes from the sun where a full helmet would be excessive.

==== Finland ====
The [[Police of Finland|Finnish Police]] uses a baseball cap, which has mostly replaced the traditional [[side cap]]. It is marked with the police emblem and "Police" in Finnish and Swedish.{{Cn|date=March 2023}}

==== Slovenia ====
In [[Slovenia]], policemen on motorcycles wear baseball caps as a part of their uniform, when they remove the helmet.

==== Spain ====
*The [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Civil Guard]] switched from Teresiana caps (a Spanish military cap similar to a [[Kepi]]) to baseball caps in 2011 to 2012 (Only survive the [[Tricorne]] for Galas and Representation).

*The [[National Police Corps (Spain)|National Police]] uses a baseball cap, which has mostly replaced the Peaked caps in 2009 (except for Galas and Representation).

*The [[Municipal police (Spain)|Local Police]] uses a baseball cap, which has mostly replaced the Peaked caps in 2008 (except for Galas).

*In [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], The [[Ertzaintza]] uses a baseball cap, which has mostly replaced the [[Beret|Berets]] in 2010 (except for Galas and Representation).

*In [[Navarre]], The [[Policía Foral|Chartered Police of Navarre]] uses a baseball cap, which has mostly replaced the Berets in 2012 (except for Galas and Representation).

*In [[Catalonia]], The [[Mossos d'Esquadra]] uses a baseball cap, which has replaced the Peaked caps in 2023, after 40 years in use.

==== Turkey ====
[[Turkish police]] switched from peaked caps to baseball caps in the 1990s.

==== United Kingdom ====

In the United Kingdom, the baseball cap has the additional advantage of being unisex and suitable for wear by both male and female officers. Throughout 2017, the Northamptonshire, Cheshire and Lancashire police forces adopted specially strengthened baseball caps known as "[[Bump Cap]]s", to replace the helmets and bowler hats previously worn.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harley |first=Nicola |title=Police swap helmets for caps to attract more transgender officers |publisher=The Telegraph |location=United Kingdom |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/10/police-swap-helmets-caps-attract-transgender-officers/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/10/police-swap-helmets-caps-attract-transgender-officers/ |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |date=10 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> However, the Northamptonshire force announced in November 2018 that their "Bump Caps" had proven scruffy and unpopular, and would be withdrawn from use.<ref>''Northamptonshire Chronicle & Echo'', 15 November 2018</ref>{{page needed|date=April 2025}}

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File:WMP museum - Police baseball cap 01.jpg|A typical British police baseball cap on display at the [[West Midlands Police Museum]] in [[Sparkhill]] Police Station, [[Birmingham]], [[England]]
File:Cyfrif_Etholiad_2017_Election_count,_Llandudno_01_(cropped1).jpg|Baseball caps of [[North Wales Police]] displaying the word POLICE in English and Welsh
File:PSNI_Cap_front.jpg|A dark green cap of the [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]]
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==== United States ====
In many United States police forces, the baseball cap is worn as a more practical alternative to the traditional [[peaked cap]] or [[campaign hat]], the latter of which is generally used by [[Sheriffs in the United States|Sheriff's]] departments and [[State police (United States)|state police]] forces. Baseball caps are more common on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]], whereas in eastern states, the traditional peaked cap is more prominent. A notable exception is the [[San Francisco Police Department]], where peaked caps are still worn regularly.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=Never 51 Classic Baseball Cap |url=https://freenorthclothing.ca/blogs/news/never-51-why-canada-stands-strong-independent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322052133/https://freenorthclothing.ca/blogs/news/never-51-why-canada-stands-strong-independent |archive-date=2025-03-22 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Free North - Never 51 |language=en}}</ref>