Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Oak Forest, IL Uniformity..

After a 2006 shootout in which an officer ran out of ammo and his partner did not use the same caliber of firearm, police officials have decided that a standard needed to be set.

They decided to go w/ a Springfield Armory .45 for all their officers.

Local company. Effective caliber. More efficient operations.

Good call all around.

2 comments:

Mike W. said...

Pretty amazing that they didn't have uniformity before this.

I'm guessing the cops involved in said shootout didn't carry bugs?

Every agency I can think of around here issues the same make/model/caliber firearm to every officer. They may have some flexibility as far as a bug is concerned, but duty guns are all the same.

TexasFred said...

My Son carries a Springfield, and 4 Hi-Cap mags for that very reason, his department doesn't carry all the same, they even have a few guys carrying revolvers...

Several are carrying XD-45's, including the Sheriff himself, and I would think that if they went department furnished that would be the choice...

I am a FIRM believer in ALL officers on the department carrying the same gun and ammo, there's a reason the military does it, and this story points it out nicely, great post!!