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Oxnard Police Department asks council to fund replacement handguns and optics after safety concerns with P320
Summary
Assistant Police Chief Rocky Marquez told the Oxnard City Council the department recommends up to $300,000 from the general fund to buy Smith & Wesson M&P 2 duty pistols, optics, holsters and related equipment after reported uncommanded discharges with the P320.
Rocky Marquez, assistant police chief for the Oxnard Police Department, asked the Oxnard City Council to approve a budget appropriation not to exceed $300,000 from the general fund to purchase replacement duty handguns, pistol-mounted optics, holsters and related equipment.
Marquez said the request stems from growing safety concerns with the department’s current standard-issue pistol, the Sig Sauer P320, which the department adopted in 2017. “An uncommanded discharge occurs when a striker is released without a deliberate trigger pull,” Marquez said, describing the malfunction that has prompted several California law enforcement agencies to transition away from the P320.
The department…
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