Police Can't Get Ammo

[Old cop]

My former agency normally runs retirees through LEOSA certification/qualification every June. I'll see the police chief @ tomorrow's wreath laying ceremony and ask him. Most of us would willingly supply our own ammo.

 

[germansheperd]

LE can't get ammo but a LGS just got in 2 pallets of 9mm and 2 pallets of
5.56 . There's a problem somewhere in the supply pipeline.

How do you figure? Maybe the LGS had their order in a few month prior.

 

[Frank46]

I think many departments won't even go with handloaded ammo even if for practice.Too much of a liability issue. Years back I had an opportunity to secure a position in a local police dept. My job was to loaf ammunition for the training end you had to be post certified as well. They had a few Dillion,locked up in a huge cabinet were the primers' powder and wadcutters were stored. Only the range officer tells me that all brass was retained as scrap to be sold whenever. OK well go out and buy brass only no money for the brass. Then I told them we can buy military brass from the Govt no money provide me with an operating budget spells out what I'n supposed to do and where the money to financing is coming from and how do I get this show up and running. Never happened..Sp after a week or so reconditioning all the equipment..Closed and locked the doors and handed in a inventory list. Far as I know nothing was done. Pay was minimal. I would have done it for free, but once politics gets involved,that's it for me. Frank

 

[mscampbell2734]

Unfortunately my Department was switching to Speer G2 for 9mm and 40 and Black Hills for rifle in 2019. About half the Department had switched by the start of COVID and then add in the riots and its a mess.

An order just came down for everyone to switch over by July 1, so the lines at the range, you shoot the old stuff to be issued the new stuff, are longer then normal. Also this is our first qualification since February of 2020, so we'll so how many people have to go around again, and again, and again

 

[Constrictor]

How many rounds/man/year would one plan on?

I would plan on one month's supply, times 12 to figure out how much to buy for the year.

 

[Muss Muggins]

How do you figure? Maybe the LGS had their order in a few month prior.

I'm guessing the LGS and the PD have different ammo configurations on their purchase lists . . .

 

[reccpd101]

Police ammo configuration is usually slanted toward duty grade for carry and qualification for liability reasons. Civilians often buy, use, and stockpile hardball with few self defense loads. LGS order accordingly. Budget control over police is often political and then controlled by civilian bean counters not under the police chief and not reluctant to substitute their judgment for his with no concept of what effect that had when the fecal matter hit the metal rotating device.