According to Colt literature of the 1930s, the Police Positive Special was, "Adopted as standard by many large and hundreds of smaller city Police Departments due to its accuracy and hard-hitting ...

and the Banker’s Special, a Police Positive with a 2" barrel and chambered in .22 LR or .38 Colt New Police, was produced from 1926 until 1940. More than 750,000 Police Positives, in all ...