Check out this thread that includes the following comment by hsguy on the origin of the name, “Highway Patrolman.”
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If I recall Evaluators was a dealer. Interesting side note is that Florence Van Orden of Evaluators suggested to S&W president Carl Hellstrom that the Model 28 be named "Highway Patrolman", he liked the idea and name was adopted. John
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