Originally Posted by
Sero Sed Serio
I work near the AZ Capitol, which is patrolled by Arizona DPS instead of Phoenix Police (Until the mid-2000s Capitol Police was its own agency that got absorbed into AZ DPS). Walking into work this morning I saw a couple of DPS units on a call, and one guy had silver mags, which drew my attention since they at least used to be a Glock-only agency. Turns out he had a Staccato in a thigh holster (more like a knee holster, but I digress). I'm assuming it's an authorized POW as opposed to an issue gun. Wasn't able to get any more info since he was actually, you, doing police work. Plus they love it so much when the public walks up and asks about their guns and all...
For background, DPS was a SIG .40 agency only, with most carrying P229s but some P226s mixed in as well--from my sample size of one with a friend who went through their academy in '05, they let the recruits shoot both then asked which they wanted. They went to the FNS for about 10 mins. sometime in the mid-teens, and shared a piece of the Baltimore County uncommanded discharge drama (possibly in part due to them being the only other major agency that I'm aware of that to actually issue the things) which resulted in all guns getting new firing pins, then shortly thereafter they went to Glock 9mms with optics either authorized or issued, but I'm not sure if they are mandatory. This is the first non-Glock I've seen since they made the change.