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<blockquote data-quote="MadDogs" data-source="post: 2955945" data-attributes="member: 11175"><p>The times they have changed. </p><p></p><p>The picture is my late father’s blackjack (I have this one and another one that is thicker/rounder locked in my safe that never see the light of day) and his Detective Special that he carried for most of his career until he retired in '78.</p><p></p><p>My father was a LEO for 32 years in So Cal when back in the day an officer could put people in the trunk of the car (I learned at his retirement dinner that he actually held the record for arrests in one car because he utilized trunk space). That was a time when people realized that if you respect a LEO they will respect you. If you don’t, you will get what you have coming and it will hurt. </p><p></p><p>He carried a blackjack when he was a detective because he got tuned up one day going fists with a very large trucker that did not want to be arrested. Dad was pushing 6' and knew how to fight but he was no match. Luckily a uniform cop named “Lou” who was once my dad’s partner (and became my son’s godfather) rolled up. Lou was an ex-heavyweight fighter. Watched him take a phonebook that my mom was throwing away and wrist it in half. Lou usually didn’t carry the normal wooden “billy-club” of the day but kept a longer stick that my dad called a "riot stick" in the car because he believed he got increased “bat speed” with it. This time he didn’t pull the stick but simply gave this trucker a hard short right that lifted him up on his heels … knocked him out with a body punch. </p><p></p><p>Dad carried a blackjack ever since.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MadDogs, post: 2955945, member: 11175"] The times they have changed. The picture is my late father’s blackjack (I have this one and another one that is thicker/rounder locked in my safe that never see the light of day) and his Detective Special that he carried for most of his career until he retired in '78. My father was a LEO for 32 years in So Cal when back in the day an officer could put people in the trunk of the car (I learned at his retirement dinner that he actually held the record for arrests in one car because he utilized trunk space). That was a time when people realized that if you respect a LEO they will respect you. If you don’t, you will get what you have coming and it will hurt. He carried a blackjack when he was a detective because he got tuned up one day going fists with a very large trucker that did not want to be arrested. Dad was pushing 6' and knew how to fight but he was no match. Luckily a uniform cop named “Lou” who was once my dad’s partner (and became my son’s godfather) rolled up. Lou was an ex-heavyweight fighter. Watched him take a phonebook that my mom was throwing away and wrist it in half. Lou usually didn’t carry the normal wooden “billy-club” of the day but kept a longer stick that my dad called a "riot stick" in the car because he believed he got increased “bat speed” with it. This time he didn’t pull the stick but simply gave this trucker a hard short right that lifted him up on his heels … knocked him out with a body punch. Dad carried a blackjack ever since. [/QUOTE]
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