Typical clueless news heads.....”...service revolver...” Not too many revolvers in use by police departments these days.....of course maybe they do use a revolver, and the officer misspoke.
Minor point.
Great shot officer!
A few departments still use the .357 revolver because it is a good man stopper. Maybe it’s good bear medicine.
.....”...service revolver...”
I’ll give them a pass on that one. Some terms get so ingrained in the culture, that they are hard to shake, even when they are no longer accurate. It is sort of like calling a digital recorder a “tape recorder”, or the place you buy your Metrocards a “token booth”.