Strange I just saw the Onionfield recently on Netflix also. Very tragic storyall the way around.

As far as Dragnet and Adam 12, didnt the LAPD have to approve the scripts? I believe they had a unit specifically to go over and approve Hollywood scripts. They were very protective of the LAPD image.

I never saw speedloaders like that. I got on NYPD in '83 and we were only allowed dump pouches, until '86 when they allowed speedloaders.

A lot of guys on my job suspect that they allowed speedloaders after PO Gadell was killed by a perp while reloading. I don't know if that is the entire story. It is conjecture on my part, but a few months after his murder, we were called into the SH and had to swap out our ammo for new ammo, right then and there. I think the officer may have had defective ammo. They refused to tell us why the ammo was swapped out.