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Police equipment
A new private group, the West Virginia Police Safety Foundation, is raising money to buy communications and safety equipment as well as weapons to provide state troopers with modern policing equipment. Here's how standard issue equipment for West Virginia troopers compares with other states:
WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE
Smith & Wesson .357 revolver, six shots
No intermediate weapons suitable for field use
Bulletproof vests only for Criminal Investigations Division troopers
One of every six cruisers equipped with portable hand-held radio
KENTUCKY STATE POLICE
Smith & Wesson 10mm semiautomatic pistol, 10 shots.
Off-duty Smith & Wesson .38 revolver
24-inch night stick
Bulletproof vests
Every cruiser equipped with portable, hand-held radio
MARYLAND STATE POLICE
Beretta 9mm semiautomatic pistol, 16 shots
Pepper spray cannister
24-inch night stick
Every cruiser equipped with portable, hand-held radio
OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
Beretta .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol, 10 shots
Mace with infrared dye
18-inch batons
Bulletproof vests
Every cruiser equipped with portable, hand-held radio
PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE
Beretta .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol, 10 shots
Expandable baton and pepper spray cannister
Bulletproof vests
Every cruiser equipped with portable, hand-held radio
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE
Currently switching from 10-shot Smith & Wesson
10mm semiautomatic pistol to a Sig Sauer P-228 9mm
Night stick
Bulletproof vests
Every cruiser equipped with hand-held portable radio |
