Hello all!
Someone mentioned something in another thread that made me think about this, so I thought I'd get a general idea of the preferences around here..
For all you armed Officers, what type of weapons do you carry, or prefer to carry? Did you have the purchase it yourself, or did your agency supply it?
Another question, do you follow the ideal that all Officers within an agency should carry identical weapons, for the sake of using a fellow Officer's ammo in a bad situation? Even though that particular weapon may be good for one Officer, but another may be only mildly proficient with it?
Or do you believe Officers should be able to use the weapon they're the best/most comfortable with?
My current agency is unarmed for the time being, but when I used to do patrol I carried a Walther P99 9mm... purchased it myself, as well as all my other duty gear. That agency allowed us to choose our own weapon, as long as it was a name brand (ie. S&W, H&K, Glock, Beretta, etc) and not a cheap knock-off.
And, as long as we're on the subject, civilian mags, or pre-ban (LEO) mags?
Someone mentioned something in another thread that made me think about this, so I thought I'd get a general idea of the preferences around here..
For all you armed Officers, what type of weapons do you carry, or prefer to carry? Did you have the purchase it yourself, or did your agency supply it?
Another question, do you follow the ideal that all Officers within an agency should carry identical weapons, for the sake of using a fellow Officer's ammo in a bad situation? Even though that particular weapon may be good for one Officer, but another may be only mildly proficient with it?
Or do you believe Officers should be able to use the weapon they're the best/most comfortable with?
My current agency is unarmed for the time being, but when I used to do patrol I carried a Walther P99 9mm... purchased it myself, as well as all my other duty gear. That agency allowed us to choose our own weapon, as long as it was a name brand (ie. S&W, H&K, Glock, Beretta, etc) and not a cheap knock-off.
And, as long as we're on the subject, civilian mags, or pre-ban (LEO) mags?

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