1967 Remembered

[Meddle]

In general the Cruisers were fairly adept at quieting things down quickly. They had a reputation and when they showed up somewhere, people took note. Each precinct had one and were ID'd on the radio simply as the precinct number followed by Cruiser such as 16-Cruiser, 10-Cruiser, etc.

[Ray1936]

In general the Cruisers were fairly adept at quieting things down quickly. They had a reputation and when they showed up somewhere, people took note. Each precinct had one and were ID'd on the radio simply as the precinct number followed by Cruiser such as 16-Cruiser, 10-Cruiser, etc.

Absolutely correct, Meddle. Lots of folks thought the three in plain clothes were detectives, but in fact all four were patrolmen [[or police officers, in today's parlance). Two crews a day; one working 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the other working 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. Seniority job; you had to have some time on the job to be assigned, although a young 'un might be assigned for a day or two if one of the old timers called in sick.

Crew was armed with 12 guage shotguns, a Thompson machine gun [[which, frankly, was for psychological purposes rather than use), and a tear gas gun with shells and an assortment of CS and CN grenades.