Jack Webb was influenced by LAPD Chief Parker, when he died I think the LAPD Gave Webb an "inspectors funeral", I remember when it was on the radio, that's where they developed the "clipped" monologue " "We were working the Day-Watch"
Often times HAVING insurance is an attraction to attorney's to sue you, I was a cop for 30 years and never put a dime in my name, my wife owned everything, my wife inherited land and money and securities and its all in her name. I was sued for millions of dollars in federal and state courts...
Your dead on......many I shoot with could have done it with a revolver, I forget the exact now but I'm pretty sure it boiled down to 20 yards, as always the media lied their *** off, he was a USMC sniper blah blah blah.....and it was a spectacular feat of marksmenship, etc .... he "qualified"...
ATF knows if a gun has been sold previously - they have a record from the time it leaves the plant.....most dealers know that and I think would be reluctant to sell it as "new" if it weren't.
When I went on the NYSP U had to be 5'10", I left the NYPD where U had to be 5'8" they took it seriously too, some candidates went to bone doctors to get stretched for the one time only measurement.
My first station (1967) I was the smallest guy in the station - they had even added extra...
Don't ever hit anyone over the head with it - I know guy (Cop) who shot someone with his and then during the continuing struggle struck the bad guy upside the head with it and bent the ejector rod and then tried to shoot him again but the couldn't get the cylinder to rotate - saved the...
2inch barrel requires practice - they are way more accurate than most people know. See Hitchcock .45 on you tube ring the Gong frequently at 80 yards. I remember qualifying with a J frame on the ancient PPC Course shooting at silhouette targets at 50 yds in my agency if U wanted to carry a J...
If you're carrying a gun its a good practice to make a habit of pondering " what if " gun scenarios that could possibly occur, Do not expect people to follow your commands....street wise scum bags know when you can shoot them, I have seen them try to surround a uniform cop and say "What'sha...
Florida cops call some drivers "Cue tips" they have white hair and their signal indicator is on.....Cops there frequently stop drivers using a walking cane to depress the accelerator .....when I was on the road we used to "drop" a re-test request in to DMV on elderly drivers and they'd get an...
That's why they use gobbley Gook terminology - they're only interested in "Gun Safety" BS...they're interested in Disarming the public....."Gun Data Base" (BS) there IS one, ATF can run a history on any gun from the day it left the plant to every lawful owner who had it and if it was ever...
In a recent bar robbery 3am a WM with a hoodie came in displaying a weapon (it was real) and had the bar tender fork over the contents of the till...there were three customers seated on bar stools the bad guy then started going through the pockets of the patrons taking money, when he got to the...
Many rural county Sheriffs Depts are staffed via back door politics (Sheriff is an elected Position) and often the sheriff is pressured by politicians to hire their dubious relatives, etc. There is a recent court decision in NY state that sez a person can hold multiple firearms permits, IE one...
Just so U know its not a Bad idea to file your passport page copies and photo IN the computer, so in the event U do lose your actual passport in a foreign country you can retrieve the copies from the net for ID purposes, (purchase airline tickets etc.)
As a cop walks up on your stopped vehicle he's eyeballing U for movement, squirming around bending over etc makes cops nervous......digging out stuff from your pockets pending his arrival at your drivers side is "Hinky" Ive been stopped by cops and I are (was) one for bout 30 years, just sit...
He could have just jumped back in his car and went back to town and rounded up a posse.....news flash I worked in areas where the nearest backup was an hour away, a car is not good cover....jumping behind the wheel of your car "brackets" U and makes it easy for even a drunk to shoot...
* Cops will most often ask U to stay in your car, don't like people getting out of the vehicle when its stopped (4 a whole litany of reasons). If U get hit your lawyer (or your estate) will allege that its the municipality's $$ fault).
How many work-a-day cops do U see walking around with a laser equipped firearm ? If U can't hit a silhouette target at 7 yds consistently in the K5 area you better get some professional coaching....think about getting sued for millions if U hit the wrong person. Watch Hickock45 on youtube hit a...