I always carry a 5 shot .38 as a backup. Perfectly reliable. I don’t know how to post a photo of it or I would prove it.

I guess you missed it as well.

Perhaps you didn't watch the entire series. I suggest you do. If you have seen the whole thing, you will see that Sipowicz is actually a pretty incredible person. Flawed, human, but a good man.

Apparently you missed the sarcasm.

Cop here. So let me get this straight...the five shot snub nose revolver I will conceal in my pocket (that isn’t terribly accurate outside of 7 yards) is the one piece of equipment that will stop the terrorists (packing bombs and automatic weapons?

As a police officer, I cite this as evidence that punishing the “big fish” results in less drugs on our streets. When this guy got locked up, there were virtually no drugs to be found anywhere. Even now, it is damn near impossible to find any weed. Great job! We are winning the war!