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Flashback Friday: The Good Ol’ Days of Police Work... Sort Of

Flashback Friday: The Good Ol’ Days of Police Work... Sort Of

It’s Friday the 13th, so I thought I’d catch up on a few things and toss up some posts for the smirks and grins. Check out this gem: a photo of a vintage Tampa police vehicle from the 1980s. Fun fact—I had one of the last "double bubbles" on the department. Translation? A blue beacon on the driver's side, a red one on the passenger's side, and a siren mounted on a silver bar in the middle. Real high-tech stuff.

When I started in Milwaukee, we were even more old-school with a single bubble. Oh, and I rocked a cross-draw holster. For…

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