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Originally Posted by Iggy
Old gruff cops with big heavy S&W Model 28's pulling down their belts, leather saps, gigantic flashlights that took twelve D cells (I'm exagerating), leather dress shoes with heavy rubber soles put on by a local shoe shop, huge patrol cars with V8 engines and a single light dome on top, big cluncky radar units and brown "night sticks"
Keerful thar Sonny, I resemble them fellers. *G*
Right after I quit law enforcement and went back to ranching, the outfit I worked for issued brand new Model 66's and Super Vel ammo. They had a policy of practicing with what they carried. They shot those model 66's loose in just a few years and traded them in for 9mm autos.
I was glad I was gone.
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That's me too. My first duty gun was a 4" Highway Patrolman and you could get "sap pockets" sewn on the side of your uniform pants if so ordered. Kel-Lite D-Cells were the way to go and the "portable" (I use the term loosely) handheld radio was generally too big to put in your back pocket, but life was good and we owned the streets.