Before Colt introduced the Official Police they made a revolver called the
Army Special (AS). As sales of the AS begin to fall some genius at Colt decided to rebrand the gun and name it the
Official Police. The Official Police has become by far the most widely sold DA Revolver for Colt; for Law Enforcement, before many agencies transitioned to the semi-auto pistol the handgun of choice was either the S&W M&P (Model 10) or the Official Police.
Here's my Army Special made in 1920:
