Global Courant 2023-04-11 20:03:13
A Sig Sauer P320 pistol.Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The Milwaukee Police Department is concerned about their SIG Sauer P320 handguns firing at random.
“They don’t want it near their family,” a chief of the police union told The Washington Post.
A Washington Post/The Trace investigation found dozens of reports of handguns firing without pulling the trigger.
Milwaukee Police Department officers in Wisconsin are reportedly so concerned about the indiscriminate firing of their SIG Sauer P320 handguns that they don’t want to take the gun home.
“Our officers are afraid of the gun,” said Andrew Wagner, union chief of the Milwaukee Police Association told The Washington Post as part of an investigation published Tuesday.
“They don’t take it home. They don’t want it near their family,” Wagner said of the department-issued semi-automatic pistol.
An eight-month investigation by The Washington Post and The Trace found that, according to the report, more than 100 people claim their P320 pistols fired when they failed to pull the trigger in incidents dating back to 2016.
The investigation also found that at least 80 people were injured in those shootings.
A representative for New Hampshire-based gun manufacturer SIG Sauer did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider on Tuesday.
In a statement to The Washington Post, the gunmaker denied that the P320 could fire without anyone pulling the trigger.
In December, the Milwaukee Police Department began replacing SIG Sauer handguns with Glock firearms. local outlet Fox6 reported.
“They are very happy that they don’t have to worry about putting the community or themselves in danger when they carry these firearms that they currently have,” Wagner said at the time.
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