im an officer with austin police and have access to the basement where a large box wiith old 3x5 types info cards on a.p.d. model 10 27 66 guns are at thats where i found my orig card for my 27-2... poss have info on 38-44

all members who plan on keeping there a.p.d. marked guns would please post me there guns model and a.p.d. number with poss pic here ill look for there info and post it... what it will have is when it was purchased by the dept, orig cost and who all officers it was assigned to. if you call them they will not tell you aboutht his box cause they WILL NOT hand search as a gift to members ILL DO IT... need a list as dont know how long it will be around im surprised it wasnt thrown out along time ago, so fellers postem up

If they decide to thrown those records out, why don't you offer a token amount and buy them. It would be a shame to lose those records for good. You would then have a valuable database.

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Dick

If they insist on keeping the cards, request permission to bring in a digital scanner and make a copy of each.

Even though such records are obsolete and the firearms no longer department property, most record custodians are guarded on "public" access to the officer names on the cards. Since you are a retired officer, you already have their trust. Just be willing to restrict further access to:
1) general information & statistical summaries for collectors at-large, and
2) specific card information to the current owner

Just a suggestion to prevent such a historical record from destruction. Archival finds such as this are few and far between.

Good luck, Russ