Boston police Thursday bestowed a high honor on the department’s longest-tenured active-duty detective, presenting her with the No. 1 detective’s badge, officials said.

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans is calling for the department to require that officers wear name tags on their uniforms in addition to badges.

For the first time, the Boston Police Department has awarded the Number 1 detective badge to a woman.

Veteran Boston police Detective Larry E. Ellison, of the school police unit on Tuesday received detective badge number one, to mark his 35 years of service to the department, making him the ...