(January 8, 2019 at 7:53 am)Brian37 Wrote:(January 8, 2019 at 6:27 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: But not at that time. Automatic switching was ubiquitous then.
You'd be surprised how many companies/businesses, as they still do today, still refuse to update or adapt because of costs.
It would not surprise me if places were still using manual switchboards even in the 1970s, maybe not many, but still.
But this was the LAPD.