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Mitchell, Esq.
06-06-2012, 01:59 PM
http://youtu.be/n_BxQSxnD1g

Old school training.

It doesn't look like it was that bad, and I'd be lying if I wasn't curious about doing a retro-tactical class for history's sake.

Zhurdan
06-06-2012, 03:36 PM
Spock would be very proud of that officers radio. ;-)

MikeyC
06-06-2012, 03:42 PM
I love the Dragnet style music. This was the era when my uncle was with MPD

EMC
06-06-2012, 04:04 PM
Some good advice in this film!

I like how the silhouettes have ears.

David Armstrong
06-07-2012, 10:06 AM
We were shown that film in my LE basic academy. Sure brings back some memories. Skinny barrel Mdl 10s, wadcutter ammo, skip shooting the shotgun, point shooting at 7 yards....ahh, the good ol'days!;)

Jac
06-07-2012, 10:21 AM
Is the cop at the beginning TC from Magnum, P.I.?

BaiHu
06-07-2012, 10:31 AM
http://youtu.be/n_BxQSxnD1g

Old school training.

It doesn't look like it was that bad, and I'd be lying if I wasn't curious about doing a retro-tactical class for history's sake.

That link was also posted in the "History of pistol shooting techniques" thread, which is here:

http://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?4323-History-of-pistol-shooting-techniques/page6

jkm
06-09-2012, 10:28 AM
Good stuff!
That film was a bit before my time, but we were shown and trained in all of that stuff on the Academy range. I noticed in one scene the shooter dumped his empties into his hand. That changed after the Newhall incident in 1970.
I went on duty with 6 rds in my revolver and 6 rds in a dump pouch, and felt pretty well armed...

vaglocker
06-09-2012, 04:35 PM
The Virginia state troopers still wear the same uniform as when this was made. Digging the shot gun hip shooting

ford.304
06-09-2012, 08:42 PM
Odd that they spend so much time on the ricochet examples but still show the officer crowding cover in their examples of how to use it.