Model 15-3 LE Markings?

[Amend2]

Recently bought a well-used 15-3 (speckled finish, but the cylinder locked up tight and the trigger action smooth) with serial # 8K67xxx (1975?). On the left side of the frame, below the cylinder, it is marked "L.A.S.D. 3037" which may represent some law enforcement agency/inventory number. Is anyone familiar with those initials?

 

[Marshal Sam Holland]

I would guess Los Angles (County) Sheriff Dept.

 

[giddyupsut]

I'd guess Los Angelos County Sheriffs Office.....maybe??

 

[Amend2]

Thanks for the feedback. I will do more research to confirm.

 

[oldafsp]

it's my understanding that the LA Sheriffs Office issued Model 15's in blue all through the '60s and into the mid '70s when they bought model 67's.

Nice find.

 

[Chop]

I also have one marked L.A.S.D. 11., serial # 6K76XXX. Very well used but a nice shooter.
I understood it to be Los Angles Sheriff Dept. I have not lettered it.
My grips had a officers name carved into them.

Chop

 

[Amend2]

oldafsp and Chop - thanks for the information.