I have a couple of friends that shot it, and in their hands it was My shooting accuracy with the Cougar was as expected per point of aim. Stack ten round magazine which made the gun quite comfortably concealable. I owned was actually quite compact with a 3.7 inch barrel and single Pistol with a de-cocker for carry when a holster is not practical. My "special carry needs" arsenal, but alas, somebody else owns it.Įverybody should own one GLOCK for general carry and one hammer fired Gun is a dependable, concealable powerhouse that should be included in One of the guns that I have owned and sold, but wish I had back.
ACADEMY GUNS 9MM BERETTA UPGRADE
Today, Beretta's upgrade and popular choice among many shooters is the Beretta PX4 Storm, a polymer frame, hammer fired gun that retains the unique rotating barrel operation. The gun production was taken up by Stoeger, producing essentially the same gun in the Stoeger Cougar line. The Beretta Cougar 8000 has not been in production in quite a few years. While officers are forced to wait a year to make some of the money back, Slinkard said the initial years of starting a job is challenging while waiting for a salary increase, no matter what job field you are in.UPDATE 2020: This original article was written in 2008. He was aware other police departments pay for their officers' guns and other necessary equipment, but pointed to the equipment salary negotiated by the union years ago. Executive Chief Matt Slinkard said one of the reasons has to do with the history of the agency. It's nationwide."ĪBC13 reached out to the Houston Police Department to find out why it is this way. "It has been a struggle, a real struggle. "We are probably around 2,000 officers short right now," Griffith said. "We are unable to bargain for them, because it's before they get off probation, and it makes it difficult to recruit and retain, because they know going in, they are given a list of what you are going to purchase when you are in the academy," Griffith said.Īccording to Griffith, the reason that the fifth-largest police department in the nation doesn't supply guns, along with all the other equipment, comes down to budget, which is how it has been for years with no pushback and at a time when the department is in need of officers. "They need to have boots, certain weapons, ammo, a flashlight, specific clothing under the uniform."īecause cadets are not represented by the union, they are unable to negotiate, Griffith said. "Between the time they are hired and they get out of the academy, it's over $2,000 easily," Griffith said.
It's not just any gun, but officers out of the academy have to buy a Glock 17 with Trijicon red dot sight, which will cost about $1,100, according to Griffith. "They have to buy boots, flashlights, guns, ammunition, extra magazines," Douglas Griffith, president of the Houston Police Officers' Union, said.
By the time officers are out of the academy, they are short thousands of dollars.
It's been this way for years, but it is something that not everyone may know and is unique when compared to police departments in other large cities. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) - Houston police officers, who are tasked with keeping our city safe, are also forced to buy their own guns, ammunition, and handcuffs out of their own pockets. That's kind of the same premise that Houston police rookies have to operate under once they leave the academy. Imagine asking a firefighter to bring their own water to an emergency.
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