Detroit PD gun picture thread?!!!!

[jscott]

Ref DPD long guns: During the 70's, supervisors carried the 30-30 Winchesters in their vehicle trunks and the patrol units (Scout cars) had a gun box in the trunk with one .30 M1 carbine and one shotgun. Sunday day shift had to clean and inspect the guns in their trunks before heading out.

 

[TAROMAN]

After missing out on one last year, finally scored a decent DPD Model 10.
Inventory number is 12540.
Tt must have been assigned to the desk sergeant.
Not bad for 50 years old:

 

[MaximumLawman]

I believe that in addition to the issued Model 94's, they issued some type of Scoped Remington 700 to "sniper qualified" officers mostly with the Tactical Services Section (TSS). This was well before they started a SWAT team in the late 80's.

I think there are so many Model 10's in good shape out there because so few officers carried them. After a year many of us got something better. A lot of model 25's and a lot of 66's. The department didn't take your model 10 back when you got your own gun so they tended to just sit on closet shelves for the next 24 years or until they were turned in after transition to Glocks. I'm sure someone made a ton of money "acquiring" the department's history whether it was photographs, guns, call boxes, badges, etc.

 

[policerevolvercollector]

DPD carried all sorts of sidearms as shown in thread. Here are some Colts that worked in "Motown":

New Police .32 (1902):

Police positive .32 (1916):

Another 1916 Police Positive after it was "demilled":

I have a '25 vintage Army Special 5"bbl. .38 Spl. that I'll have to take a few pics of and post later.

Charles

 

[Aerojoe]

I have talked to a couple of guys that worked Firearms inventory at DPD the 94's were melted years ago along with a bunch of DPD marked shotguns Highstander's and Ithaca's.

If people only new what DPD still has in storage like full auto Thompson's, Uzi's fullsize and Micro Uzi's . The newest are M&P15's now that the m1 carbine's are gone.

I think the rarest DPD marked gun that Detroit sold off to Century Arms (change over to the glocks) has to be the real Winchester 97 trench guns. I have a 97 riot but Detroit had real trench guns surplus from the goverment. There were a couple of thousand and none seem to ever turn up.

 

[Aerojoe]

DPD carried all sorts of sidearms as shown in thread. Here are some Colts that worked in "Motown":


I have a '25 vintage Army Special 5"bbl. .38 Spl. that I'll have to take a few pics of and post later.

Charles

I would love to see the Army special I picked up an DPD army special that was customized by a an officer at some point the barrel has been shortened and the grip rounded off like a Detective special. I assume it was done when he retired to make it a carry gun but not sure. Its butchered but still a neat gun

 

[2ndshift]

I would love to get my mits on one of those DPD marked Winchester 94s.[/QUOTE]

Me too!

 

[MaximumLawman]

I wonder how many guns turned up in various police executives' and politicians' collections? I heard that a former chief had a bunch of call boxes in his basement. Of course, it was always easier just to take cash.....Back in the 80's they used to auction off 55 barrel drums of guns. You had to have an FFL and bid on them sight unseen: No ability to inspect what was inside. You might have one good gun in the bunch and 50 junk pieces.

 

[montegomx]

Does anyone know if the Detroit PD was unique in issuing nickel handguns or were there other large departments that did that as well? I know that the NYPD prohibited nickel finishes at one point but I'm wondering about other departments.

the florida state troopers had nickel colt trooper III with 5 inch barrels for a while.

 

[montegomx]

After missing out on one last year, finally scored a decent DPD Model 10.
Inventory number is 12540.
Tt must have been assigned to the desk sergeant.
Not bad for 50 years old:

not bad? that's like saying eva mendes is not bad looking, that gun looks primo.

 

[S. Kelly]

Any Detroit P.D. guns pop up lately??

 

[Frank46]

Thanks for sharing all the Detroit police guns. Here in Louisiana in close to 17 years of looking I have only seen 4. BRPD= Baton Rouge Police Department. All had been what looked like nickle plating. Rust galore, cylinders were so loose it wasn't funny. Frank

 

[moosedog]

Here's a DPD department issue 1928 Detective Special that was bought upon retirement by an Inspector Harrington of either Armed Robbery or Homicide Detectives back in the late 1940s or 50s.
I bought it from his widow back in the 90s.
The gun was shipped in 1928 or 1929. I wish it could talk.

 

[MaximumLawman]

My new friend told me when he retired from DPD in the early 90's the rifles and ammo were still there.

Interesting. Many years ago I heard that the guy who was largely responsible for DPD going with Glocks when they decided to go with a new gun retired shortly after the contract was awarded and got a job with Glock. Hmmm.........I wonder if there was any Motor City "cause and effect" going on there? I would guess that those 94's were sold sometime between 1974 and 1993. Or are lurking in the "collections" of various (former) police executives. Call my Mr. Cynical.

 

[Aerojoe]

the 94's were gone long before the switch to glock. Detroit went with glock because back then glock was pretty much giving their guns away to get into the l.e. market. Now they are the king of the l.e. market. Smith is trying to steal some market share back buy giving their guns away now and its working.

Rumor has it that MSP is going to the glock they want their backup compatible with their duty guns.

My father a DPD sgt was just at the range and was told Detroit is getting some s&w 442's. Not sure if they will be issued backups or issued od guns just a rumor.

 

[MaximumLawman]

Must be paying for these rumored guns with grant money or magic beans. My money's on the latter.

 

[SuperMan]

Was wondering if anyone could tell me what the exact firearms policy was back before the Glocks... What were the gun and caliber restrictions... Were backup guns allowed?

Thanks...Bob

 

[Aerojoe]

pretty sure it had to be colt or smith larger than .380 there was a .380 exception when the DPOA had a commemorative ppk made. But if you could qualify with it you could carry it. There are still a few guys that are still grandfathered in not many but a few. I know the .44 and .41 and .357 mag were popular my father carried a S&W 25-2 .45 from the mid 70's until they gave him a free glock.

 

[Aerojoe]

Must be paying for these rumored guns with grant money or magic beans. My money's on the latter.

I am wondering if they may not be used MSP backup guns when MSP goes to glocks the state did just take over Detroit after all

 

[S. Kelly]

Detroit's going back to Glocks, Aerojoe? And MSP too, from Sigs?