Yeah, I assumed the rest with the elimination clauses you listed, and I quoted these makers specifically because I assumed Beretta had a Stryker I wasn’t aware of, CZ makes high quality strykers, and others.... and the XD is disqual’d for a grip Safety? Uh... your org, your rules boss man, I guess.
DAO, DA/SA... My disqual’s personally as well. Ease of training and... design commonality, sure. Couldn’t figure out why a CZ Stryker would be disqual’d.
The department doesn't belong to me @KW Driver; and I haven't had a say in the equipment or training decisions, since my promotion in 2015. When that was my decision and my rules @KW Driver, Policy only allowed the Glock 22 and 23 in .40 and all sidearms were issued sidearms. There was no personal weapons allowed.
How about that for an @OkieStubble authored standard? And I was the big bad boss man as you say.
A police department cannot authorize every single brand of firearm, because it happens to be popular with civilian enthusiasts @KW Driver. They cannot approve every single pistol brand, because some other department, somewhere in the world, happens to approve a brand that they don't either.
What they do have to do, is keep the list, small & affordable for humble department budgets and keep the brands they do decide on, as close to the same in training standards. Glock, Sig Sauer and the S&W M&P are the three most standardized brands that have a generalized consensus amongst police departments nationwide and the world.
So I am pretty sure, that this was what inspired the decision of the thinking heads that are in charge now in my department @KW Driver, not what I personally think or like about the Glock, or what you think, like, or even possibly dislike about the CZ, XD or any other pistol. I appreciate you calling me boss man, but they could care less about my opinion. And even possibly, lesser about yours.
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