NYPD Officers at Long Last Upgrading Their 19th Century Tech

By John Falkenberg

NEW YORK CITY, NY — At long last, the New York Police Department will be turning in the last of its 19th-century tech-level handguns, defensive tools only 29 police officers still utilize, in favor of some more modern firearms, Spectrum News New York 1 reports.

Many see the guns as a badge of veterancy on the police force.

“Whenever they see the gun, they realize that I got a lot of time on patrol and that I’ve done a lot of things and they give me great respect because of it,” says Lt. James Darcy of the NYPD’s Housing Bureau according to New York 1.

But even so, they gotta go.

I love 6-shooters — one’s on my hip as I write this. That being said, in terms of keeping America’s largest city safe, it’s probably for the best.

As New York 1 further reports:

The sidearm dates to the late 1800s, when Teddy Roosevelt oversaw the city’s police force, and ordered a .32 caliber Colt to be the department’s standard gun. Officer Steven Cohn, of the NYPD’s Counterterrorism Bureau, still carries the .38.

“I had it from 1992. I was stationed in the 41st Precinct in the Bronx. It was a very busy …Read the Rest

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