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E~ River Police Department MEMORANDUM Pat Klaers, City Administrator Jeffrey A. Beahen, Chief of Police TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: 9-26-05 Department Issued Weapons Introduction: The police department currently allows officers to purchase and Carry their own, individually owned duty sidearm. Our department is one of the few remaining departments who allow this practice to continue. All other agencies purchase, maintain and issue a same style/brand weapon to all officers. The primary rationale behind this is the reduction of departmental liability when a shooting involving an officer occurs. I am proposing the purchase of de- partmental weapons for all employees, and prohibition of personally owned weapons with the exception of those carried by officers while off-duty. Problem Identification: Our department currently allows officers to purchase the weapon of their choice for duty carry, allowing a wide variety of gun choices and calibers. Currently of the twenty-eight offi- cers the following weapons are carried: Wilson Combat Arms .45 caliber, single actiQJ:l Berretta 96F, .40 caliber, double action Berretta 96 Centurion, .40 caliber, double action Sig Arms P226, .40 caliber, double action Sig Arms 229, .40 caiber, double action H&IZUSP. 9mm. double action H & K USP, .40 caliber, double action Glock 21, ,45 caliber, safe action Glock 22, .40 caliber, safe action Glock 23, .40 caliber, safe action 6-officers 2-officers 3-officers 2-officers i-officer 2-officers i-officer 3-officers 4-officers 4-officers Single action, is a pistol that is carried cocked and locked, with a grip safety and manual safety that must be engaged before the weapon can be fire. Double action is carried without a safety engaged although it requires a longer double action trigger pull before the weapon