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Mar 13, 2018 · Perhaps, but for four Los Angeles Police Detectives, it was the hat you wore. In the late 1940s and into the early 1960s, the “Hat Squad,” out of Robbery Division, had a reputation that had the knees of robbers and mobsters, knocking out of fear of these sizable men.
Sep 15, 2020 · From the late 1940s through the early 1960s, the ‘Hat Squad’ had a reputation that had robbers and mobsters’ knees, knocking out of fear of these sizable men. All were over six feet tall and collectively weighed more than half a ton. All would become legends on the LAPD.
The Gangster Squad, later known as the Organized Crime Intelligence Division (OCID), was a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) formed in 1946 to keep the East Coast Mafia and organized crime elements out of Los Angeles.
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Mar 12, 2000 · The LAPD Hat Squad of the 1940s and '50s starred four detectives in crisp fedoras and matching suits costing two weeks' pay. Publicly revered, the squad became known for its more secretive...
Mar 29, 1987 · A nondescript sedan pulled alongside a curb and parked on Hope Street in downtown Los Angeles. Four young, impeccably dressed men--in dark, tailor-made, single-breasted suits, wide-brimmed...
Set in the present (the 1990s) but based on the exploits of an actual Hat Squad that operated in the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1940s, this series from Stephen J Cannell featured three young cops raised from childhood by foster parents.
