This is somewhat connected to the liability issue mentioned by Billy Shears, but of more importance was the ability to simply and quickly train officers, most of whom are not "gun people", to handle a new weapon safely and effectively.
Does anyone know of any Law Enforcement Agencies that issue a 1911? Or has every agency picked quantity over quality when it comes to shots?
These agencies are buying hundreds or even thousands of guns at a time
Carl said:Does anyone know of any Law Enforcement Agencies that issue a 1911? Or has every agency picked quantity over quality when it comes to shots?
FBI issues Springfield Armory 1911s to SWAT & HRT
I think the HRT uses the Springfield as well. I had a bank robbery a while back and one of the FBI agents that showed up had just left the HRT and he was still carrying his 1911. Im pretty sure it was a Springfield..... operator or professional or something like that.wasn't it Baer for HRT and Springfield for SWAT?
It's also the origin of the heavy "New York Trigger" that a lot of departments mandate for Glocks, and which mine only this year abandoned, going back to the standard 5 1/2lb trigger. The Glock wouldn't be my first choice, simply because of the grip angle, and I'd really prefer a gun with a frame-mounted manual safety on an LE sidearm. Having said that, however, I heard the Hallelujah Chorus playing in my head when I turned in that overweight jamomatic -- the S&W 5946TSW -- that I had before, and got the Glock in its place.I've read that Glocks were early favorites in the switch from revolvers due to their very double action revolver-like manual of arms and trigger action. This is somewhat connected to the liability issue mentioned by Billy Shears, but of more importance was the ability to simply and quickly train officers, most of whom are not "gun people", to handle a new weapon safely and effectively. This was especially important in the huge departments, with thousands and even tens of thousands of officers to retrain, which I believe is where the big numbers of Glocks-in-service first began to show up.
9mmepiphany said:wasn't it Baer for HRT and Springfield for SWAT?
When FBI SWAT adopted the Springfield Armory Bureau Model (the TRP and TRP Operator are the civilian versions of the Bureau Model), FBI HRT also adopted it to replace their old Novak custom BHPs