The math bothered me.
Living in the St. Louis region, the article intrigued (puzzled) me . So I did a little research. According to the article they need $1.4 million to replace all the sidearms in the department. According to the SLPD website they have 2000 commissioned officer and civilians total.
Now if you do the math, that equates to $700 per employee total and you know they don't all carry a sidearm. When you figure the trade in value of their existing sidearms, that probably means they are spending $1000 or more per pistol. I'm sure they can buy .40 Glocks for a lot less than that.
Sorry for the rant, but ST. Louis' political attitude about law abiding gun owners is ridiculous. The Mayor is one of Bloomberg's boys.