Common use of Firearms Clause in Contracts

Firearms. 58.1.1 The City agrees to furnish all newly-hired officers with a duty firearm upon their date of hire. 58.1.2 Current officers who have purchased their own Glock duty firearms from the City and who qualified with the weapon as a primary duty weapon up through the Winter 1994 qualification shall continue to carry their personally-owned weapons. The Bureau shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the personally-owned weapons and for the replacement of the weapons if they are lost or stolen. If an officer who carries their personally-owned weapon changes duty assignment to a position where the carrying of a different model weapon is more suitable to the assignment, the Bureau shall furnish the officer with the different model weapon. Disputes as to which model weapon is suitable to an assignment shall be resolved by the Safety Committee. If the safety committee is unable to decide the matter, the final decision will be left to the Chief of Police or the Chief’s designee. 58.1.3 When an officer whose duty firearm has been purchased by the City retires, the officer shall be allowed the option of purchasing the firearm from the City at the price originally paid for the firearm by the City. 58.1.4 Modification of weapons allowable under Bureau rules (e.g., the addition of night sights or the installation of different magazines) shall be performed by the Bureau; the officer requesting the modification shall be responsible for paying the cost of hardware used in the modification. 58.1.5 Officers shall have an opportunity to purchase additional weapons from the City at the City’s costs pursuant to the terms set forth in the Bureau’s rules.