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Oxnard council approves $300,000 to replace department's standard‑issue handgun amid safety concerns
Summary
After extensive public comment and council debate, the City Council approved up to $300,000 to buy replacement duty pistols and retire the SIG Sauer P320 platform following reports of uncommanded discharges. Council required the Police Department to report back on the retired pistols' status in three years.
The Oxnard City Council voted 6‑0 on Oct. 7 to approve up to $300,000 from the city's general fund to buy replacement duty handguns after the department flagged safety concerns with its current SIG Sauer P320 (P320) pistols.
Assistant Chief Rocky Marquez told council the department's current standard‑issue SIG P320 pistols were purchased in 2017 and that recent reports of uncommanded discharges — incidents in which a pistol fires without an intentional trigger pull — have increased nationally this year. Marquez said law enforcement agencies…
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