LAPD approved duty list, what would be your choice

[legalstalker]

So here is the approved current gun list, what would others chose to own. I like glock but was also thinking of buying a beretta 92 inox stainless.

What are your thoughts?

http://www.lapdonline.org/i_want_to_know


LAPD Officers are authorized to use, as their on duty primary weapon,

Beretta:

92F, 92FS, 92FS-Stainless Steel, 8045 (4” barrel)

Smith & Wesson:

459, 5904, 5903, 659, 5906, 645, 4506, 4566, 4567, 5903 TSW, 5906 TSW, 4569 TSW, and 4566 TSW.

Glock:

9mm: Model 34, magazine capacity 17
Model 17, magazine capacity 17
Model 19, magazine capacity 15

.40 caliber: Model 35, magazine capacity 15
Model 22, magazine capacity 15
Model 23, magazine capacity 13

.45 caliber: Model 21, magazine capacity 13

 

[foggy]

S&W 4506...just call me Vic.

 

[rustysdream]

No M&P9 or M&P40 on the list? That's weird.

 

[TinkerBell]

glock 19 9mm.... the gun is going to be carried much more then it will be shot, give me the lightest gun available thank you.

 

[Dsiwy]

Glock 21 since I have large hands and shoot better with large frames

 

[Jwirecom109]

Beretta 92F

 

[unstableryan]

Glock 21 would be my choice. It's like 185% better than a 1911 in ammo capacity

 

[mikeyb]

I wouldn't take any as my first choice but would probably take the Glock 21 as my second.

 

[Light Infantry]

What? No Desert Eagle in .50????

 

[Shelldrake]

Glock 23

 

[NAA]

I'd carry a Glock 22 .40 cal again.

Carried one for the last ~ 15 years before I retired.

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NAA.

 

[sidester]

Brenten or S&W1006

 

[mr00jimbo]

Glock 21[sf] or Glock 22.

 

[Cammy7s]

19 or 23.

 

[Sambaru]

G17, G19, or 4506.

 

[AK]

I'm going to assume that LAPD doesn't stock all of those pistols in inventory, so that would mean officers can carry their own pistol. Such a policy for a major department is pretty rare these days given the propensity for personal litigation down south from any party, officer included. The fact that they can carry in three different calibers is even more perplexing! How do you share ammo (let alone magazines) in a prolonged gunfight a la the Hollywood bank robbery? Also who issues the ammo? What kind of loads are you allowed? Would you need to buy your own duty loads as well as practice ammo?

The most amazing of all is that this comes from the land of fruits and nuts and frivolous laws. One would have thought California, of all places, would be the first to discourage such a policy.

All that said I'd probably go with a Smith in .40.

 

[tjhaile]

First choice: Glock 17 or 19
Second choice: S&W 5903 TSW

 

[misanthropist]

G17 would be my instinctive choice...but would also consider G22 and possibly G21, simply because LA cops might deal with enough vehicle-involved shootings that they might need to be punching through windshields semi-regularly. Heavier bullets do that better.

Would rather have a 20sf, though, which I believe to be a better performer than either the 21 or 22, and which would definitely give you the advantage on intermediate barriers.

 

[bfiles]

I'd carry a Glock 22 .40 cal again.

Carried one for the last ~ 15 years before I retired.

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NAA.

Really, thats what you guys carried out west. In Toronto, the vast majority seem to carry 9mm.

 

[CdnCombatMedic]

Glock 19 for me because its nice and light to carry. It will spend the majority of the time in the holster anyways. The Glock is a proven service pistol.