Look at the reaction!
Send them all back! Officers stay home
because 4 guns jammed?
I think the "jammed" in the report means a failure to fire, Not a feeding jam.
The trigger jammed, or something like that, seems to be implied.
Now what do they do? Do they have a contract that provides for repair/replacement of defective guns? They should.
Based on the numbers mentioned we are looking at about 2.5% failure to perform ("jammed"). Does this justify the return of the entire lot?
As far as all the money this is costing the taxpayers of the Commonwealth, that is just the cost of the administrative bureaucracy.
Change guns? Then the department procedures and union contracts determine training requirements. Some administrator makes the decision to recall the guns and go back to the old ones, and you just "changed guns" again. Making it sound that it is the fault of the Sig pistols that the troopers have to get training on
overtime, thereby costing the taxpayers even
more, is spin.
A police administrator (or group of) made the decision not to get the defective guns fixed and the others inspected. Their decisions have a direct bearing on taxpayer costs in resolving this issue.
AND, just how much (if any) firing was involved in the officer training? Anybody else here think it a good idea to take a new autoloader and fire it a few times, then put it in a holster and carry it for street duty?
How many rounds does Mass require it's troopers to put through their guns before using them for duty? Enough to find malfunctions? Enough to reasonably determine reliability? It would be a good figure to have when considering the situation.
