When Police Memorabilia Collectors Are Good All Year, They Get Cool Gifts Like Vintage Two-Way Radios in Their Christmas Stockings!

Here's Mike B. and Galaxy Good Guy Mark Galoustian celebrating the holiday season with Mark's favorite stocking stuffer, a vintage General Electric police radio model used by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in the early to mid 1960s. Mark is the owner of a completely restored 1968 Plymouth Belvedere that is a nearly exact replica of the patrol car used by Officers Reed and Malloy in the Adam 12 television series, which can be seen nowadays on ME-TV. Mark will be sharing his experiences as a police historian and movie/TV car restorer in an upcoming Galaxy Moonbeam Night Site show.

1950's LAPD Directory of Police Calls Booklet (Podcast 25)

In Podcast 25, Mike mentions the Directory of Police Calls issued by the Los Angeles Police Department. This directory was meant to help those listening to police calls on the radio to know what the different codes used by police officers meant. Here's a scan of the front and back of this item.