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Maryville Public Safety will soon upgrade what is traditionally — in the mind of the public at any rate — the police officer's most indispensable tool, the service pistol.
The Maryville City Council on Monday was asked to approve the expenditure of just over $9,300 from available federal forfeiture funds to pay for 21 new Glock 17 semiautomatic handguns.
According to a memo submitted to the council by Public Safety Director Keith Wood, the money, which comes from cash and assets seized from drug dealers and other convicted criminals, was appropriated to MPS as a result of the department's participation in the regional NITRO Drug Strike Force.
The new Glocks, which fire 9-mm ammunition, are similar to those now carried by Maryville police. Those guns were purchased by the city a little more than six years ago.
Cost per weapon from GT Distributors of Austin, Texas, is $409. The total purchase price also includes $3,500 for gun-frame-mounted flashlights and $2,800 for leather duty and off-duty holsters. The city is receiving a $5,600 trade-in credit for 21 existing weapons, or $270 per gun.
The current MPS Glock 17s are "generation 3" weapons, which are no longer manufactured and are considered obsolete. The new fourth-generation guns include a number of improvements, such as variably sized backstrap plates on the rear of the grip, an ambidextrous magazine release for easy loading by both right-handed and left-handed shooters, a redesigned recoil spring and a more deeply textured non-slip grip...
For the complete story, pick up a copy of today's Maryville Daily Forum, or subscribe to the Daily Forum's e-edition.
Maryville Public Safety will soon upgrade what is traditionally — in the mind of the public at any rate — the police officer's most indispensable tool, the service pistol.
The Maryville City Council on Monday was asked to approve the expenditure of just over $9,300 from available federal forfeiture funds to pay for 21 new Glock 17 semiautomatic handguns.
According to a memo submitted to the council by Public Safety Director Keith Wood, the money, which comes from cash and assets seized from drug dealers and other convicted criminals, was appropriated to MPS as a result of the department's participation in the regional NITRO Drug Strike Force.
The new Glocks, which fire 9-mm ammunition, are similar to those now carried by Maryville police. Those guns were purchased by the city a little more than six years ago.
Cost per weapon from GT Distributors of Austin, Texas, is $409. The total purchase price also includes $3,500 for gun-frame-mounted flashlights and $2,800 for leather duty and off-duty holsters. The city is receiving a $5,600 trade-in credit for 21 existing weapons, or $270 per gun.
The current MPS Glock 17s are "generation 3" weapons, which are no longer manufactured and are considered obsolete. The new fourth-generation guns include a number of improvements, such as variably sized backstrap plates on the rear of the grip, an ambidextrous magazine release for easy loading by both right-handed and left-handed shooters, a redesigned recoil spring and a more deeply textured non-slip grip...
For the complete story, pick up a copy of today's Maryville Daily Forum, or subscribe to the Daily Forum's e-edition.
