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The Police Shootout that Changed Everything

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.
 
Old_Me said:
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.
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Same here. The only memory I have from when it occurred is reading of it in a less-than-timely fashion from the pages of the gun rags of the time. My dad always received the daily newspaper from the major "city" north of where I grew up. My grandfather got the daily newspaper from the major "city" to the south. I read both in their entirety almost every day and I don't recall reading of this event in those papers.
 
Very sad story. I cringe a bit whenever I see a LEOs approach cars during traffic violation stops. What makes those more dangerous are illegally tinted windows. I don't know what their training dictates today, but I believe that if an LEO cannot see the occupants, they should be summoned out of their vehicle the same as during a felony stop. Then ticketed for the illegal tinting, and make the fine very costly. My dad was fortunate to have made it through an entire career without being shot, but told me of some dear friends in the department who weren't so fortunate.
 
Dobbinsky said:
Very sad story. I cringe a bit whenever I see a LEOs approach cars during traffic violation stops. What makes those more dangerous are illegally tinted windows. I don't know what their training dictates today, but I believe that if an LEO cannot see the occupants, they should be summoned out of their vehicle the same as during a felony stop. Then ticketed for the illegal tinting, and make the fine very costly. My dad was fortunate to have made it through an entire career without being shot, but told me of some dear friends in the department who weren't so fortunate.
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Dob,

Glad your Dad made it. I had the same experience of going decades and only being shot at and not hit. Lucky. Some of my mates were not.

Randall
 
One thing that was revealed in a very real manner, is that when bullets are flying both directions, your brain may go out to lunch and not come back for a bit! I've been fortunate to be in three reviews and survived all three because of the training received and practiced...
 
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