1-Adam 12 1-Adam 12

[Texas Star]

It's on YouTube. So is, Dragnet, both the 1950's series and the later one. But resolution isn't great.


You can also get, Blue Heelers, an Aussie cop show set in a small town in Victoria state. It improved some in the last two or so seasons with a hot female detective. The guns were usually heavy barrel S&W M-10's, with detectives having M-36 snubs.

 

[yaktamer]

Oh man! you just let me down - you mean CHiPs wasn't like the real thing?!?!?!?

And I must have been absent from the academy the day they taught us how to throw our PR-24's at the ankles of fleeing suspects to trip them like Shatner did in TJ Hooker.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJC0D4QA00U[/ame]

 

[STCM(SW)]

Yea, liked 1 Adam 12, but liked Police Story better.
Always different cops with different jobs.
"11 Mary 6, call the station"
"13 Zebra 5, John Frank Williams"

 

[CCantu357]

While Adam-12 might seem a bit tame for modern times, I really admire the morals and sense of duty that was presented. Upon a recent viewing of the entire series, I noticied that many episodes are still relevant today. Some of my favorite examples would be the one where Malloy shows "officer presence" by holding up a group of robbers with an empty K-38 until Reed arrives. Or the one where Malloy is stranded alone in a wrecked cruiser.

Another would be "Elegy for a Pig". I believe Jack Webb made this episode as a tribute to all officers killed in the line of duty, and Martin Milner's voice over work is amazing. With all the anti-police nonsense going on lately, this episode should be aired again on primetime network TV.

 

[DoubleAdobe]

yaktamer, yeah, that is the old helicopter/bolo technique. I missed it at the academy as well.

 

[99savage308]

one Adam 12 see the man

 

[Ghost Magnum]

I saw the episode with the kid that had his head stuck in a fence and the yellow dump truck episode last night. Th eepisode with the dented fender was funny too.

 

[Old cop]

Adam 12 ran during the time I was a cop and it was as realistic as a cop show could be and still have people watch. My 17 y/o grandson liked the show so much I got him the whole series on DVD. As i moved up the LEO food chain Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue became the new reality, both good shows. I've been retired 20years now so I have lunch each week w/other retirees and we talk about how tough we used to be.

 

[31FordA]

Adam-12 was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid, along with"Emergency". They used to run back to back in the afternoon. Watching Adam-12 is what first made me want to be in law enforcement. A number of guys I know mention Adam-12 when talking about why they went into law enforcement.

The other TV show that really captured the job was "Barney Miller", I still enjoy watching it even though I've seen every episode at least 10 times.

 

[Houlton]

Loved it but Police Story was my favorite. One night they were showing an argument between an Officer and his wife. My wife and I were laughing. We had had the same argument almost word for word on several occasions. We still laugh about it and I've been retired since 1999.

 

[Lt JL]

one other thing I would have added to the Malloy speech. Don't smoke in my cruiser. Whenever I had to use a fleet car, I would go by the shop to get fuel, and incidentally pull out the ashtray and toss it on the roof. Must be 20 of them up there.

 

[pawncop]

I have posted previously that Adam-12 and Police Story were major reasons I became a cop.

 

[Old cop]

Police Story comes on every afternoon here on the H&I cable network. It was one of my favorites too.

 

[Old cop]

We were chasing a burglary suspect through an apartment complex one night and one of our guys threw his stick (not the side handle PR-24 junky thing) at him and knocked him down. The cop admitted it was a lucky shot, but he glowed at roll call for a couple of nights.

 

[Houlton]

I shudder to think how many beautiful K-38's bounced off the concrete in trying to reholster the clam shell rig.

AN Officer I knew in LA said the kids would run by an Officer and try to push the button and drop the gun to the ground.

 

[Ghost Magnum]

I heard of clam shell holsters. But I never thought any one used them.

 

[Jack Flash]

I heard of clam shell holsters. But I never thought any one used them.

William Boyett played Sgt. MacDonald on Adam 12. Before that, he often appeared as a policeman on other shows. In a Highway Patrol episode, there is a scene where he is supposed to holster his revolver after a bad guy is apprehended. He had so much trouble with the clam shell holster he winds up sticking his revolver in his belt! I guess in those days, it was too much trouble to reshoot the scene so that's the way it stayed.

 

[oldnfat]

I have the entire series on DVD. Just started over watching them for the 3rd or 4th time. Some scenes are a little corny, but that's the way it was in the 70s. Just started Chips on DVD, the acting is not nearly as good as Adam-12.

 

[jimmyj]

We were chasing a burglary suspect through an apartment complex one night and one of our guys threw his stick (not the side handle PR-24 junky thing) at him and knocked him down. The cop admitted it was a lucky shot, but he glowed at roll call for a couple of nights.

Throwing your baton at a "BG" and miss, you have one less impact weapon and now the "BG" has a weapon he can use against you.

 

[Chief Wiggums]

LOL!!!
Thumbs up to all....
Great memories of the classic TV from the 60's