This department also allows you to shoes your own off-duty weapon. Ive seen MANY officers at the range to qualify with this "personally picked" firearm that they have not taken the time to shoot or figure out how it works. They just flounder around on the line and act dumbfounded when they can't "get it to work." While there are many of us who could handle the choice of sidearm, there are just as many who would get what they thought was cool or cheap or whatever other meaningless non-combat criteria.