This is typical of liberal administrations and liberal cities.  Before my retirement I brought our patrol rifle program from 40 rifles to 250.  Basically every patrol officer was issued a rifle when I left.  I remember in one meeting a Major asking why officers needed assess to two different guns.  I remember going through a training class where DC SWAT officers were telling me they couldn't take their long guns home in their marked take home vehicles and with every SWAT response they would have to drive to their office to retrieve long guns.  I would love to see more red dot pistols on officers hips but that is going to be a long uphill battle.  David

Departments are always reactionary, occasionally for the right reason such as the FBI shootout and the switch from 9MM at the time.
Now bullet technology has gotten better and Depts are switching back from .40
Glock Switched shitbags are the least of my worries out there, and don't require anything more than the will to stop the shitheads.

They should be, because deregulating them as they are "in common use" should be their priority.

"Every terrible implement of the soldier is the birthright of the citizen." -Thomas Jefferson.

well; when you only have 1 guy that brags about carrying 1 on duty it kinda narrows the list of names a weems bit.

Don't blame the weapon when the DA doesn't bring charges, or they always plea off the gun crimes on the other cases.

$1 bonds, catch and release.

Bust the criminals for doing criminal shit and throw the book at them.

Hard to put the cat in the bag when they are continuously easy on the shitheads and worst offenders.

Ditto. It's a very poorly written article.

Also, if the ATF wants to let switches come into common use, who are we to object?

They're not Important to the ATF because they're generally used by the biggest protected class in the country.

We're not pre-Hollywood shootout. No one is outgunned anymore.

Nah, my county is buying Glock 45s with Acro P2s and TLR-7As.

But this is also a county that has no problem giving away fire apparatus to "sister" counties so they can buy new shit and they fly first class overseas on business development trips to beachside resorts.

So easy to spend other people's money...

I think he was being sarcastic.

Make them go back to S & W model 10's (Ban states only).

We have the largest prison percent in the world, but it's not enough. Private prisons need more profit!

Cant speak for the other departments, but NYPD duty guns are 100% issued by the department. They have a choice of two different Glocks (17&19), and I think they can still get a Sig. The S&W 5900 was grandfathered for those who already have it. You wont see personally owned guns in the holsters of NYPD cops on duty. A backup/off duty gun is authorized and would be personally owned. They have a few different models they can buy and qual on. But on duty the issued gun must be carried. A backup on duty or off duty is the officers choice.

As for Feds, most of the 1811 agencies have a pretty good list of what you can carry if you choose not to carry the issued pistol. Several agencies have had authorized red dots for years. HSI has been issuing red dots at the academy level for more than 3 years now, and those who graduated prior to are doing in service training to become qualified if they want it.



As to the OP, a rifle on patrol is now the standard. For those departments stuck in the 80's they are only doing a disservice to their officers. The reality is the days of the hoodrat with a zip gun or a lorcin 25acp being the norm, is long gone.
Today's criminals are carrying semi autos with extended mags, and even short barreled MSR's are being found more and more among the rich and vibrant, in urban s*!tholes...

Not LEO, but have some experience working around them. Biggest issue I've heard is getting sworn staff to shoot more than just qualification training and qual, especially understaffed departments.

Add in that a lot of sworn aren't firearms enthusiasts either. I think the statement "The gun doesn't make the cop" is true, but so is "a cop with excellent proficiency with their service firearms can be much more effective."

No idea if you LEOs practice draw and fire drills, but it couldn't hurt to do so.

1033 Program some M16 Rifles courtesy of the Taxpayers.

Upgrade with 16in carbine barrels and/or flat tops.

No.  You hire a platoon of US Attorneys to do nothing but file the federal charges on every one of these POS in possession.   Jail them all for 10 years $100,000 fine each, move onto the next liberal shithole.

That is, if said liberal shitholes actually wanted help reducing the black vs black murders and other crime.

The mandatory sentences in the 1994 Crime Bill are the only parts of that law that actually helped.

Supposed to be man/min 5 years...

I can't even remember the last time I saw that charged probably more than 8 years ago, and even longer since I saw someone actually get the 5 years. Its normally the first charge the US Attorney's Office bargains away for the mutt to take a plea...

I'd be happy just to see them slap them all with the 5 years. When I started in LE back in '98, this was the be all, end all of easy cases to make and hammer the bad guys in the NYC area. The feds had a squad that would do nothing more than get notified by the NYPD when they arrest a felon for something else and found he had a gun. The feds would charge them with the "felon in possession" and it was an easy stat that got them serious time. But this was back when Rudy G. was cleaning up the city, it was getting safer, and cleaner, and criminals were scared of being arrested. Now? Not so much...