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Because LPD picked Glocks and nobody has ever bothered to re-evaluate the decision even though LMPD doesn't buy them now. They were a lot cheaper to buy at the time than Sigs and everyone else was buying them. It's safer just to copy all of the other departments. Glocks are best for people who don't maintain their weapons and aren't very good marksmen. There is no perfect gun for 1000 people, just a best gun for each one of them.

I don't buy the argument that it makes training more difficult. If the state can train all the little departments using dozens of different weapons and different calibers, then it shouldn't be a problem for LMPD either.

This article explains more about why so many departments use Glock.

http://www.npr.org/2013/02/01/170752391/how-the-glock-became-americas-weapon-of-choice

Police departments were amazed when they took their officers out to the range and found out not only could they learn to use the Glock pretty quickly, but the Glock also made them more accurate as marksmen," he says. "And that's in part because it has a very light, very steady trigger pull. ... Critics of the guns say the trigger pull is so light that it makes accidental discharges so likely. But the Glock always has had that dual nature to it — the advantages can be reframed as disadvantages."

One early advantage for police departments, says Barrett, was that Glock gave them large discounts when purchasing the gun for their departments.

"This was smart, because the point was to get the police departments to adopt the gun, and that would give the gun credibility in the much larger, much more lucrative civilian market, where you can charge full price and get your full profit margin," says Barrett. "So this was ... a very crafty strategy."

Glock was smart enough to hire a genius salesman. ... This man Karl Walter was really a guru in figuring out how to appeal to the police — whether that meant offering them extremely attractive financial terms or hosting police procurement officers at [a famous strip club] in Atlanta. This was a guy who could make a deal with anybody and figure out how to sell the Glock.

I have instructed on the Glock since we got them in 1998. For the price, the Glock beats Sig and HK. As for your supposed research that's "proves" those weapons are more accurate. BS. Prove it. I along with a lot of folks will out shoot and/ or bullseye you with Glocks any day. Having a standardized pistol makes plenty of sense in regards to training. I saw many subpar shooters become decent shooters with a Glock.