Nashville Metro sidearm?

Originally Posted by poak

Weird. Are they older guys who've been around for a while?

Hmm... come to think of it, yeah. But, I was talking to one of them in the stairwell, I said I thought you guys had Glock 22's for issue. Surprised me when he told me no, this is what they're issued now. He was really happy about it; he liked it much better than the 22.

I don't know, maybe it's his position or something...

i have the LEO icon because i am currently a MP at campbell. i get out next month though. been a MP for 10 years now.

The Glock 22 is the only in uniform approved handgun. The 23 and 27 are approved for on-duty use by plain clothes officers. Those are the only approved duty handguns. There is a short list of approved back-up and off-duty handguns.

Next time I see him, I'll ask him.......... again..........

any idea what the backup gun list entails? probably a glock 27?

trying to decide is i want a 27 or 26. wife has a 9mm glock, i have a 1911 so if i can carry a 27 as a BUG to the 22 great. if not, ill get the 26.

Originally Posted by Steelharp

The cops I've talked to and seen at Church have SIG P 220's.

Goodlesttsville Carries the Sig P220

Metro is exclusively Glock 22 or 23

Maybe they ARE Goodlettsville guys... now "I gots to know!"

Originally Posted by HexHead

Metro uses Winchester 165 gr. Rangers.

Not anymore, they just switched to Speer's 165gr Gold Dot within the last few months. There might still be officers on the street with Rangers in their weapons, but only because they haven't qualified within that time frame yet.

Also, SIGs haven't been authorized for Metro duty since about '97ish.
When I first got hired by Metro ('96), we could carry anything made by SIG, Beretta, S&W, or Glock...as long as it was 9mm. These were personally owned.
(NOTE: I just wanted to take this opportunity to say that I seized control of my academy class' "Top Gun" trophy using a G19 ).
In the late 90s, they decided to standardize with issued G22s and no longer approved the personal 9mms.

Unless something has changed, Metro SWAT was authorized to carry 1911s. Obviously, units like Vice (undercover) would not necessarily be married to an "issued" weapon.
I was just at Metro's Academy yesterday and ran into an old academy classmate who is now assigned to SWAT...too bad I didn't see this thread before I went or I could have doublechecked.

Todd knows; I'll bet the guys at church are Good'ville.

Hey Todd. This is Don. It was good to see you the other day. We no longer have the option of 1911s. That ended a few years ago. It is the Glock 22 across the board. I believe policy still allows us to get a 1911 or other handgun approved for SWAT use but the chain of command will no longer approve it.