High quality San Francisco Committee Of Vigilance 1.5 inch Hard Metal Enamel Pin. “Be just and fear not.” My new enamel pin hot off the press! The Committee of Vigilance was a vigilante group formed in 1851 in response to rampant crime and corruption in the municipal government of San Francisco. “We are determined that no thief, burglar, incendiary, or assassin shall escape punishment either by the quibbles of the law, the insecurity of prisons, the carelessness or corruption of the police, or the laxity of those who pretend to administer justice." Condition is New. Shipped with USPS First Class Package.