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Posted: 4/28/2016 10:29:47 PM EDT

I made a topic a month or so ago about my dad's grandfather and his WW1 service on the Italian front. Well my dad inherited a few more things from his dad while taking care of the estate. I thought it might be worth sharing.

My grandpa was a Minnesota state patrolman from 1959-1984. He worked in and around Mankato, MN. I had always heard stories from people that knew him that he was very well liked, even by people he put away. Sounds like a very fair and kind man. He died before I got to know him real well and hear many of his stories. My son is named after him, Dusty.

My grandpa and his car:

His service revolver and badge:

I only remember two stories, one was when he was a rookie and pulled over a car, then noticed everyone had the same shoes on. Turned out they were escapees from the sandstone jail. Another one was he and a deputy chased two armed robbers into a small wood thicket. Grandpa fired his 12 gauge over the trees, and moments later 3 guys come out with their hands up. The third guy had robbed a bank the previous day and was hiding out there as well. I may be able to get a few more stories out of my dad tomorrow. I know he had many, I just can't remember them all.

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:32:24 PM EDT

[#1]

Is that a GPS football on the fender?

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:33:35 PM EDT

[#2]

That's cool stuff, thanks for sharing.

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:34:00 PM EDT

[#3]

Very cool

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Posted: 4/28/2016 10:34:36 PM EDT

[#4]

Old school! I was talking to a police officer's son and his father was old school (revolvers from '68 to the '90s). He taught his son how to shoot DA revolvers and natural point shooting. Kudos to your father.

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:36:01 PM EDT

[#5]

Very cool

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:36:21 PM EDT

[#6]

Great pic, that patrol car looks mint!

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:37:53 PM EDT

[#7]

Thank you for sharing.

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Posted: 4/28/2016 10:39:16 PM EDT

[#8]

very cool, and that revolver still looks damn nice.

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:40:28 PM EDT

[#9]

Great thread, OP!

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Posted: 4/28/2016 10:43:01 PM EDT

[#10]

Cool. I will have to get my dad to give me pics of his service guns when he was a DPS trooper here in Texas. I know one was S&W .357 mag then they went to Sigs he got chose the 226 over the 220. Then went to the .357 Sigs this 228 off top of my head although may be something different. He bought all of them when they changed except the .357 Sig which his troopers bought him for retirement since he was their Sarge. He didn't buy the 220 and wishes he bought one off of one of the guys that chose it. I will have to ask if he still has any of the Black Talons that he carries with the .357 mag and 9mm. Not sure they let him keep those.

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:44:13 PM EDT

[#11]

Great thread. I like grandpa tributes. This era was so cool.

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Posted: 4/28/2016 10:45:12 PM EDT

[#12]

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:45:57 PM EDT

[#13]

Dusty Roed, cool name.

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:46:53 PM EDT

[#14]

Thanks for posting those-family history is a very welcome change of topic.

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:47:40 PM EDT

[#15]

that's pretty cool

so he was around in 1979 then

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:48:46 PM EDT

[#16]

Very nice history -thanks

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:50:08 PM EDT

[#17]

I had a 57 Plymouth, it had a 55 Dodge flat head six, had to change the intake and carb to make it fit.

0 to 30 mph in 35 seconds, 0 to 60 in ... I gave up after a minute and a half.

Thanks for posting this story.

Posted: 4/28/2016 10:50:30 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/28/2016 10:50:47 PM EDT

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Nice.

I have my OHP Trooper grandfather's duty S&W 28 357 and his OHP engraved S&W 64 in 357 with the presentation box. Those two revolvers and his duty belt are about all that is left thanks to a house fire my mom had years after my grandpa died. If they weren't stored elsewhere they'd have been gone too.

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Posted: 4/28/2016 10:55:01 PM EDT

[#20]

Thank you for this.

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:01:55 PM EDT

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Yes indeed.

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:04:19 PM EDT

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Bad ass op

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:08:13 PM EDT

[#23]

Thank you for sharing OP.

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:08:34 PM EDT

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lol

He probably only had a radio in his car during his last few years as a Trooper if at all.

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:18:34 PM EDT

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Very cool.

Do they reuse badge numbers?

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:28:33 PM EDT

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Yeah. it's a predecessor to the newer systems we have now. It is a locator device called a siren. It made a certain noise. It located a policemen. When you heard it you pulled over to the side of the road.

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:32:18 PM EDT

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Yeah. it's a predecessor to the newer systems we have now. It is a locator device called a siren. It made a certain noise. It located a policemen. When you heard it you pulled over to the side of the road.

I think he meant the color matching football shaped one. I'm guessing it's a side emergency light for when they pulled up next to you. Michigan still does something similar with a sign on the hood.

ETA:
It says STOP.

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:38:09 PM EDT

[#28]

Thanks for sharing

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:41:42 PM EDT

[#29]

Mankato - Mogadishu of the North.

Minnesota liberals have shit in their own beds.

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:46:45 PM EDT

[#30]

I like that old car design

Thanks

Posted: 4/28/2016 11:55:12 PM EDT

[#31]

Pretty cool finds - hope you have the opportunity to learn more about him. My younger brother and my grandpa passed each other on the way in and out and didn't get to spend any time together. I'm very grateful for the years I had with him, and often find myself trying to remember his stories, as well as those of my father. You've found yourself a treasure trove!

Posted: 4/29/2016 2:25:28 AM EDT

[#32]

That revolver is awesome!

Family heirloom in the making.

Posted: 4/29/2016 2:35:45 AM EDT

[#33]

Love that MN Maroon.

Posted: 4/29/2016 2:44:49 AM EDT

[#34]

Nice Smith, looks like a model 19.

Posted: 4/29/2016 4:13:04 AM EDT

[#35]

1959 Plymouth

Posted: 4/29/2016 4:22:09 AM EDT

[#36]

As a raised but former Minnesotan, this is awesome

Posted: 4/29/2016 7:12:22 AM EDT

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Back then it was called a sy-reen.

It took them forever to spin down.

Posted: 4/29/2016 7:19:16 AM EDT

[#38]

I bet he had some stories to tell. Great pic.

Posted: 4/29/2016 7:28:51 AM EDT

[#39]

I like reading these types of threads. Thanks for sharing.

Posted: 4/29/2016 7:29:09 AM EDT

[#40]

You were blessed to have such a family!

My first pistol was a model 66 similar to that one. I'll never sell it.

Posted: 4/29/2016 1:03:10 PM EDT

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To answer a few questions, the football thing on the fender of the car is a lighted "STOP" device, the idea being the car being pulled over would see it. Yes, they do reuse badge numbers, and when he started, radios were pretty ineffective, so apparently he had to stop every so often and call in from a phone in whatever town he was in at the time.

Posted: 4/29/2016 1:08:27 PM EDT

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Nice, Thanks.
My small town had 'call boxes' every few blocks, a dedicated phone line to the police station.
They used them into the 1960's.
We still had a few cops walking the beat then.