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Sheriff’s Office recommending the Board retroactively declare a firearm as surplus and approve the deletion of Asset Tag 991011 from the Sheriff's Office inventory.
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DISCUSSION/BACKGROUND
Public Contract Code section 10334(b) states:
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any peace officer as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, employed by the State of California for a period of more than 120 months who has been duly retired through a service retirement or a peace officer retiring from a job-incurred disability not related to a mental or emotional disorder and who has been granted the legal right to carry a concealed firearm pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 25450) of Chapter 2 of Division 5 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code may be authorized by the person’s department head to purchase his or her state-issued handgun. Disability retired peace officers need not meet the 120-month employment requirement. The cost of the handgun shall be the fair market value as listed in the annual Blue Book of Gun Values or replacement cost, whichever is less, of the handgun issued as determined by the appointing power, plus a charge for the cost of handling. The retiring officer shall request to purchase his or her handgun in writing to the department within 30 calendar days of his or her retirement date.
On February 24, 2015, with Legistar file 15-0149, the Board approved the surplus and sale of 64 service weapons to the sworn officers in the Sheriff’s Office. Prior to that Board item, the Sheriff's Deputies were using model year 2001 Glock 22 DRT Generation 3 pistols. The Sheriff decided to upgrade all department-issued firearms to model year 2014 Glock 22 Generation 3 pistols. Those pistols had many manufacturer upgrades compared to the 2001 models.
Sixty-four duty weapons were replaced with the newer models and the Sheriff's Office offered the surplus service weapons for s...
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