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Oakland Police Department Issues Emergency Recall of Gen 4 Glock Duty Handguns
The article claims the pistols are 9mm, but they are .40 S&W Glock 22s and/or 23s.
From the article,
"During training and some parts of yesterday, we found that the guns were malfunctioning," Jordan said. “We made a decision to recall the new guns so they don’t malfunction while an officer is on duty.”
Police said the guns only malfunctioned during training and not in any emergency situations.
The OPD have been in need of new guns for some time. For now, while the recalled guns get repaired or replaced, officers will go back to using the old sidearms."
It will be interesting to see what Glock has to say about this. The officers are being reissued their old Gen 3 Glocks, and in my opinion, Glock should have never attempted to change the already well proven design of the Gen 3, as it was already a superb firearm.
The article claims the pistols are 9mm, but they are .40 S&W Glock 22s and/or 23s.
From the article,
"During training and some parts of yesterday, we found that the guns were malfunctioning," Jordan said. “We made a decision to recall the new guns so they don’t malfunction while an officer is on duty.”
Police said the guns only malfunctioned during training and not in any emergency situations.
The OPD have been in need of new guns for some time. For now, while the recalled guns get repaired or replaced, officers will go back to using the old sidearms."
It will be interesting to see what Glock has to say about this. The officers are being reissued their old Gen 3 Glocks, and in my opinion, Glock should have never attempted to change the already well proven design of the Gen 3, as it was already a superb firearm.