Can you change the time to 1935-36? Most cars had fairly large trunks integrated into the body by then... Buicks and Dodges had "Two body" trunks
Also most plain clothes cops would cary snubnose revolvers similar to the Colt "Detective's Special"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Detective_Special

Most beat cops carried a Police Special
http://www.shootingtimes.com/handgun_reviews/coltp_083106/

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