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Since the Newhall Incident of 1970, in which four CHP officers were murdered in a shootout w/two felons, there has been circulating a misleading story of how one of the officers paused to pick up his brass empties during the shootout, as this was a practice that had apparently been utilized during training sessions.  One need only examine the LASO crime scene diagram, later used as a courtroom exhibit - and cited in my book: "BRANDISHING" (Amazon.com/e-book) -  to see the clear illustration of 6 discarded brass empties behind the driver's side door of the Pence/Alleyn unit.  In the opinion of more than one officer on the scene, this scenario of discarded brass being collected in the midst of a vicious shootout had been borrowed from another law enforcement shooting episode and blended into the recounting of the Newhall Incident during CHP training sessions. Whether this was deliberate or unconscious on the part of the training officers, there is absolutely NO EVIDENCE from the crime scene diagrams, photos, or official testimony to support this myth.  Therefore, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it's time to lay this myth to rest, as the crime scene diagram appears to be the clearest and best evidence.