The Police Shootout that Changed Everything

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Police Stories: The Gut-Wrenching Newhall Shooting” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/gut-wrenching-newhall-shooting/.

 

[trader]

Things can go bad really quickly. Rip to the officers.

 

[Retired Bum]

Everything in training is the result of a tragedy and there's always room for improvement. These fine people didn't die in vain, but rather others learned many things from the investigation...

 

[Old_Me]

i don't recall this at all, for one of a few reasons

no cable news for us back then

very little "national news" on my local tv back then

it just didn't "make the news" to go national back then.

 

[4th Horseman]

I was just starting into law enforcement when this occurred. Back in the day, everyone had to use the revolvers because the only semi-auto was the 1911 (until the Smith mod 39 came out) and most depts would not allow them to be carried. I do recall the days of qualifications where you were required to police up your own brass. Many did put the empties in their pocket, including me until this incident. I had heard what was then a rumor or misinformation that one of officers had expended brass in their pocket. Until we switched to semi autos, all brass hit the deck from the cylinder.