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Posted by: lomodus

If a town PD receives money from whatever grants are giving it for bullet resistant vests for it's officers, and then equips an officer with a used, poorly fitting vest from a previous (retired) officer, does that officer have any recourse outside his chain of command to get a new vest, other than buying it himself?

Also, if said officer does not have a way to fix this and other problems with his job (expired OC, no duty ammo unless purchased himself, and other issues) and decides to leave his law enforcement job, can he retain his LEO Glock 19 and LEO hi cap magazines or does he have to get rid of them? He will still have a LTC A.

Not saying the above mentioned officer is me, just asking.

Posted by: Crvtte65

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Originally Posted by lomodus

If a town PD receives money from whatever grants are giving it for bullet resistant vests for it's officers, and then equips an officer with a used, poorly fitting vest from a previous (retired) officer, does that officer have any recourse outside his chain of command to get a new vest, other than buying it himself?

Union issue

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Originally Posted by lomodus

Also, if said officer does not have a way to fix this and other problems with his job (expired OC, no duty ammo unless purchased himself, and other issues) and decides to leave his law enforcement job

Union issue

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Originally Posted by lomodus

can he retain his LEO Glock 19 and LEO hi cap magazines or does he have to get rid of them? He will still have a LTC A.

Probably not as those are department owned as opposed to pants etc that possibly are purchased through clothing allowance.

Posted by: lomodus

We don't belong to a union. And the glock is owned by the officer, purchased by the officer.

Posted by: Tuna

something just doesn't sound right, what dept. are we talking about?

Posted by: Q5-TPR

Sounds a lot like a Deputy Sheriff!

Posted by: lomodus

A small town in the hills of western mass.

Posted by: JMB1977

That explains alot.

Posted by: lomodus

I'm sure it does explain a lot, but now the question is do I get to keep my new Glock 19 and hi cap mags, or do I have to get rid of them as soon as I turn in my badge and get out of this hellhole? I mean when he does. Because I'm not saying it's me.

Posted by: soup

If you are not law enforcement you can't have your "new Glock 19 and hi cap mags". Pretty simple.

Posted by: Harley387

First, I would like to state that this post just reeks of bullshit. That being said, I'll give a stab at it....

The vest reimbursment program, which is run by the US Department of Justice, is a 50% reimbursment grant, which is matched by your department. The positive side is that each vest is purchased for an INDIVIDUAL OFFICER. It is fitted to YOU and intended for use BY YOU. The entity submitting the grant application must supply YOUR personal info, including your name and SS#. This is tracked by the DOJ, meaning that you will not be eligible for a new vest until yours has met it's life expectancy, which I believe is 5 years. So, if you leave the Department and take a job with another agency, you will NOT qualify for another vest for 5 years. In short, it's YOUR vest. Now for the negative.....since your agency has put up the other 50% of the total cost, you may be required to pay that money back if you retain the vest. If your working in Hillbilly western Mass, you may also have to split up to 5 cords of wood for each member of your Selectboard to cover administrative fees, unless of course, you're related to them, which is the preffered channel of employment there. As for the Glock, if you bought it....keep it. Just buy some non-high cap mags for it.

Posted by: lomodus

Not sure what part of my post and situation are "bullshit" but thank you for the answers. If you knew what town I worked for and who my chief was, you'd understand instantly, and if you need to know that, I'll be happy to tell you in private. Anyways, thanks for the answers.

Posted by: doctordrew

its your glock, not the departments....the mags however are "leo only" get some pre bans or 10 rnd

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