Kind of ironic for the direction they went with their handguns, I have a friend who works for a similarly small-sized state agency who ended up ditching their Sig 220s in favor of Glocks for reasons that could be largely explained by substituting "Sig 220" for "Kimber" in the article. Lots of malfs and lots of headaches dealing with the manufacturer on armorer level maintenance issues.
On the Kimbers, though, at least they weren't using tax payer money. I'd say the decision was poorly thought out, particularly on the Ultra-sized back up guns, but at least the money was coming out of seizures and forfeitures.
