Popular Science
Issue: Jul, 1946
Posted in: Crime and Police
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Posted: 10/31/2006
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Audible Police Blotter (Jul, 1946)

Audible Police Blotter

SOUND MOVIES give the Los Angeles police an additional means of recording automobile accidents. Communications equipment from B-29s is now in use in patrol cars.

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  1. Stannous says: October 31, 20063:34 pm

    I think this also belongs in the ‘Origins’ category as it has become the commonplace standard for modern police cars, not to mention the source of most of the COPS videos.

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