I retired September 17th and turned in the issued 4 inch S&W Model 686-6. I wore it in a Gould & Goodrich "Cruiser" holster on my duty belt with 2 double speedloader pouches, 26" expandable baton, G26 Taser, handcuffs, and a Motorola handheld with a S&W Model 642-2 in my off-side cargo pocket. The agency won't let officers buy their duty weapons and objected to privately owned backups. The 686-6 spent the last week of work in the ultrasonic cleaner, and I carried my 4 inch S&W Model 65-1 in spite if the agency. My chief and our director both knew and didn't care.

The last person carrying a revolver is a dispatcher with what I believe is the last 4 inch, nickle-plated Model 10-5 in the inventory. She's had it a lo-o-o-o-o-ong time.

When I started, the armorer issued me a 4 inch Model 64 and a sack with eighteen 158 grain RNL .38 Special rounds. I never carried them, and they never got them back.

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