Direct mill is catching on locally.
The San Antonio and Austin PDs (each about 2k sworn) are both issuing the factory ACRO cut M&Ps with good results. The main difference being Austin is issuing everyone a P2 while San Antonio is requiring the officers to purchase their own P2 or Steiner MPS.
One of our smaller local depts (50ish sworn) is running direct mill G45s with Holosun 507 green dots.
This past Saturday I audited a Green Ops Red Dot class which included an SAPD bike cop using his issued gear. He won the individually timed bill drill portion with a 2.18 clean so it’s no handicap. (Ricky Bobby here did 1.85 with a .85 1st shot but with 1 out (5th shot) :-( got to reign in that cougar …)