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North Berwick selectmen authorize immediate replacement of service pistols after national safety concerns
Summary
The board voted 5-0 to use emergency funds to replace the department's SIG Sauer P320 service pistols after review of a recent FBI report and national incidents; estimated cost about $10,000–$15,000, with officers offered the old pistols for the buyback price.
The Town of North Berwick Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to replace the police department’s service pistols after discussion prompted by national reports of unintended discharges involving a widely used pistol model.
The police chief told the board the department purchased the pistols in 2007 and that recent national reporting and an FBI review raised concern about “uncommanded discharges” involving the model. “I don’t honestly believe there’s anything wrong with these guns myself,” the chief said, while adding that a single uncontrolled discharge would “not hold up” publicly even if the department had not experienced problems. The chief recommended replacing the weapons sooner than the scheduled 2027…
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