Let's see your Law Enforcement Marked Smiths!

Here's a couple that flew the coop long ago

Had these in my collection years ago. As with all the other guns that left me I dearly miss them.
Not only law enforcement guns, but the Model 68 is a very scarce bird.....

Here's the LAPD marked one:
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And is the California Highway Patrol version (overstamped as OHB):
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Enjoy............
 
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Both are certainly post-1980, but here are two of my NYPD NY-1 Model 64 4” versions, one with the Square Butt and one with the somewhat less common Round Butt…

Almost forgot about my 64-4 NY-1. Although it apparently wasn't actually issued to the NYPD does it still qualify for this thread? While not shown, I do have the box and paperwork for it.
 

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Here's a few more that have slipped through my hands....

Miss them all....

Here's a Model 64-5 DAO model marked as NY-1
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This is a M10-8, a Commemorative of the CA Dept of Corrections - Peace Officers Association..
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This Model 10-5 is one of the New South Wales, Australia export gun.
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This gun is a Model 10-9 Turkish export model.
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I'm fudging a bit here--this one doesn't have a PD marking, but
S&W shipped it on June 12, 1952, to George F. Cake Company in
Berkeley, California, and the invoice shows it as one of twenty-one
"for various police departments." The story ends there.

It's a birth month and year Chiefs Special for me.
 

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S&W 649. IL Secretary of State Police. They bought 3 but were never issued. In 1995 when that agency went from revolvers to autos I bought 1 and a friend bought the other 2. I've carried this 649 every day on the job as my 2nd and after retirement it's my usual EDC.
I guess this qualifies as a LE marked gun.
At one time the state law was all state equipment over a certain dollar value had to have a state inventory number which was issued by the IL Dept of Central Management Services. Didn't matter if the equipment had a serial number it also had to have a CMS number. Even cars. Equipment serial numbers varied greatly. Some equipment might have a 4 digit serial number where a car has 19 digits. 1 piece of equipment could possibly have the same serial number as another completely different type of equipment. Later with computerization the mandated CMS number requirement was changed so only equipment without a serial number needed a CMS inventory number.
This 649 has the electric pencil etched CMS number under the grip which identifies it as a IL SOS firearm.
 

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Smith & Wesson 38/44 Heavy Duty PD marked

Thought this was posted yesterday but it dissappeared..This 38/44 showed up at my PD and my son had an open permit at the time so "we" grabbed it. Deal PD is a small town north of my here in NJ. It is lettered and came back to the PD..
 

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S&W 649. IL Secretary of State Police. They bought 3 but were never issued. In 1995 when that agency went from revolvers to autos I bought 1 and a friend bought the other 2. I've carried this 649 every day on the job as my 2nd and after retirement it's my usual EDC.
I guess this qualifies as a LE marked gun.
At one time the state law was all state equipment over a certain dollar value had to have a state inventory number which was issued by the IL Dept of Central Management Services. Didn't matter if the equipment had a serial number it also had to have a CMS number. Even cars. Equipment serial numbers varied greatly. Some equipment might have a 4 digit serial number where a car has 19 digits. 1 piece of equipment could possibly have the same serial number as another completely different type of equipment. Later with computerization the mandated CMS number requirement was changed so only equipment without a serial number needed a CMS inventory number.
This 649 has the electric pencil etched CMS number under the grip which identifies it as a IL SOS firearm.

Sir, you don't know how happy I am to have seen your picture! I picked up this 65-3 a few years ago and have been attempting to identify its origin (unsuccessfully). The odd thing is that it's a 4-inch round-butt which wasn't a "thing" with the dash-3's. I have sent you a PM so as not to clutter up this thread.
 

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Here's a Mass. State Police 65-2 3" I picked up at an estate sale.

I also have a couple of unmarked 64-5 LEO trade ins. Both 4" DAO, one a round butt and the other square.
 

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