Police Story was an anthology crime series that ran on the NBC network from 1973 to 1977. The series was created by Joseph Wambaugh (The Blue Knight & The New Centurions), the successful crime novelist and 14 year veteran of the L.A.P.D. (1960-1974), and is notable for being the first series to depict police officers as humans instead of machines - warts and all. Police Story was considered to be the archetype for later dramatic police series such as Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, and Homicide: Life on the Street. Several notable actors appeared in this series including Sylvester Stallone, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Kurt Russell, Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Cord, and Angie Dickinson, (whose episode she appeared in became the pilot for her own series Police Woman). In addition several of the episodes were written by a young Michael Mann.
The following weapons were used in the television series Police Story (TV Series):
A would be assassin in the episode "Chief" uses a Star Model B. As was typical of the time period the Star is substituting for the Colt Model 1911A1. There is a shot showing the handgun laying next to the assassin. Note the external extractor which identifies it as a Star.The Star Model B appeared in many episodes during this series run.
A would be assassin uses an M1 Carbine in an attempt to kill the L.A.P.D. police chief in the episode "Chief".It appears that the M1 Carbine used in the episode is a Plainfield M1 Carbine (or at least a carbine that was heavily remodeled) with a pistol grip, ventilated barrel cover and post-WWII folding stock and an optical scope. In the early seventies the M1 Carbine was used heavily in movies/television as the weapon of choice for criminals.
