15 Things Every 1970s Highway Patrolman Had That Are Gone Today

15 Things Every 1970s Highway Patrolman Had That Are Gone Today In the 1970s, a highway patrolman worked alone on long empty roads with a six-shot revolver, a paper ticket book and a radio that stayed in the car. Here are 15 things he carried that are gone now, from the lead-filled sap to the dump pouch that changed how every officer reloads after Newhall. The carbon-copy ticket book and the freeway call box Vascar, the dashboard speed timer radar detectors never caught The citizens band radio Utah troopers used to talk to truckers The Smith and Wesson Model 27 and the CHP Model 68 revolvers The cross strap, the wooden nightstick and the dump pouch Subscribe for more of the gear, rules and rigs the uniform left behind, and tell me in the comments what you carried on your shift. Tags: 1970s highway patrol, state trooper history, California Highway Patrol, Newhall shootout, police revolver, VASCAR