Sigs are Done

Reimbursement may still be on the table for those taking the $95 "trade-in" option:

• Most of the roughly 1,450 Chicago police officers who carried Sig Sauer P320 handguns have replaced them following safety concerns raised this year about the weapon, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.

  [...] On Monday, department spokesperson Maggie Huyhn said officers using the P320 were given a July 14 deadline to submit proof of buying a new approved weapon. The Chicago Police Department has about 11,600 sworn officers.  “More than 1,350 affected officers are now in compliance with the phase-out process, with about 100 members not in compliance,” said Huyhn, who declined to address the safety concerns about the P320.

  The department’s firearms training section had scheduled 20 days for those officers who owned P320s to meet with vendors to buy other department-approved guns and equipment, Huyhn said. “Additionally, CPD worked with Acme Sports, a regional Sig Sauer distributor, to secure a ‘trade-in’ option that allowed affected members to pay $95 to trade in their Sig Sauer P320 for another department-approved Sig Sauer model,” she said in a statement.

Those 100 "not in compliance" ought to get into compliance pretty quick, because we all know the City will refuse to indemnify you for actions unauthorized by Orders or policy, and this IS NOT the political atmosphere to tempt that fate.

We would also repeat our concerns about training. Firearms training is a significant chunk of Academy time, because you want to know your weapon well enough that handling it under duress is instinctual. Studies have shown you revert to training habits in an Officer-Involved-Shooting incident - both good habits and bad habits. It's not something you can switch out in a session or two or even ten. Habits take time to learn.