I have been binge watching Adam-12. I love watching the background of the show (set 1967-75) seeing the old prices of food, gas, etc. - looking at the old cars, and wondering how the heck the police could do their jobs without computers, walkie-talkies or bullet-proof vests. They had to look up info in card files and paper records, stop to make phone calls (even asking to use someone's phone at a crime scene) and they had these huge flak jackets for vests that they kept in their trunk (too bulky to wear all the time) - They did have two way radios in the car however.
And in one of the episodes they had to get the bomb squad to diffuse a bomb. The bomb squad was wearing suits and ties and had no protection whatsoever.
And the people treated cops as bad as they do now. The hippies and teens going around vandalizing things, calling the police "pigs" and trying to kill them. After one such episode, Reed asks Malloy "I wonder how things will be in 10 or 15 years?" and Malloy answers "Hopefully better than today"
Yeah right. They had no clue at all did they?
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Next up on my list are "Emergency" and "Dragnet"
And in one of the episodes they had to get the bomb squad to diffuse a bomb. The bomb squad was wearing suits and ties and had no protection whatsoever.
And the people treated cops as bad as they do now. The hippies and teens going around vandalizing things, calling the police "pigs" and trying to kill them. After one such episode, Reed asks Malloy "I wonder how things will be in 10 or 15 years?" and Malloy answers "Hopefully better than today"
Yeah right. They had no clue at all did they?
1337163517_1.jpg
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Next up on my list are "Emergency" and "Dragnet"
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