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HPD gives up old guns for Glock 17 pistols

Officers carried Smith Wesson handguns for more than 22 years

By Gordon Y.K. Pang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 14, 2013

~~<p>The Honolulu Police Department will begin issuing a new type of semiautomatic pistol to its officers for the first time in more than two decades, Police Chief Louis Kealoha told the Honolulu City Council's Budget Committee on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Over the next three years, each of nearly 2,000 officers will be issued a Glock 17, a 9 mm pistol made with a polymer frame.</p>
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The Honolulu Police Department will begin issuing a new type of semiautomatic pistol to its officers for the first time in more than two decades, Police Chief Louis Kealoha told the Honolulu City Council's Budget Committee on Tuesday.

Over the next three years, each of nearly 2,000 officers will be issued a Glock 17, a 9 mm pistol made with a polymer frame. Login for more...



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