Any Police Dept.'s use the Hi-Power?

[amprecon]

Been looking at the Browning Hi-Power's as of late and just wondered if any police departments in the U.S. issue or otherwise authorize the Hi-Power for duty use.

 

[thatguy]

I am not aware of department-issued HPs in the U.S. Some individual cops may carry or have carried them. In the movie about NYP detective Frank Serpico he is portrayed in the film packing a Browning HP.

Most cop shops don't like single action autos and the few that do authorize them prefer the 1911.

 

[TimboKhan]

I am not an LEO, nor am I immediatly familiar with any LEO people, but whenever I see a cop in public, out of curiousity I always look to see what he is packing, and I actually have seen a couple of Hi-Powers here and there. Outside of the fact that it is single action, and I get the sense that departments don't like that (which is why I still don't see an overwhelming number of 1911's on officers, I assume) I really don't get why more officers wouldn't carry one, and this would be especially true of female officers. When I went and got my CCW, I was talking to/hitting on (what can I say, she was attractive and I am both single and desperate) the deputy at the desk, and she was carrying a Beretta 92. Seeing as how she took my prints, I can verify that she didn't have man-hands, so I can't see how that gun would be particularly comfortable for her.

 

[Dr.Rob]

It's still popular among plain clothes cops... thanks in part to Serpico. Rare as a 'duty weapon.'

 

[GAC]

Mr. Camp? Calling Mr Camp?

 

[car541]

There are several agencies in Texas (about 20 that I know of) that approve the BHP for duty use. In several it is quite popular among female personnel as it is the friendliest hi capacity automatic for persons with small hands.

I know several officers who carry them.

 

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello. I know that they are still allowed and used at Denton, TX PD and suspect that the same is true in some other agencies in which the officer is expected to provide his own service handgun and that doesn't specifically forbid single-action autos. I am aware of no large, well-known departments in which the Hi Power is issued.

Best.

 

[Checkman]

I work for a fifty-five man department here in Idaho. We are allowed considerable leeway in what we can carry. Officers can carry either a 1911 or a BHP "cocked and locked". The only restrictions are the calibers are limited to 9mm,40S&W,and 45acp. I carry a Sig Sauer P245 or a P220 depending on my mood that particular day.

 

[gopguy]

In recent years the FBI Hostage Rescue Team used them. I know the sanctioned their use in the 70's too. I have an old shoulder rig given to me about 18 years ago by a buddy who was a retired FBI agent when I lived in the metro Washington DC area. That shoulder rig was set up to carry a High Power and a N frame Smith and Wesson. Tim