Title
Exchange of Weapons with Law Weapons
History
The police department equipped and staffed a thirty member Special Response Team (SRT) for over twenty years until 2008 when the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) raised the training requirements to an unsustainable level for our department. As a result, we joined almost 30 other departments as a member of the South Suburban Emergency Response Team (SSERT).
We now have a number of surplus weapons from our SRT that are no longer needed. We have been trying to find a buyer for the weapons keeping in mind past village practice that our weapons may only be sold or traded in such a manner that they are possessed only by another law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer.
At the same time, we have been transitioning the department away from shotguns to rifle carbines to better address our firearm policies, and to standardize training, weapons and ammunition.
Recently, we contacted Law Weapons of Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois who will trade seventeen (17) M-4 semi automatic rifle carbines with fifty one (51) magazines for the thirteen (13) weapons owned by the village on the attached list with written assurance that they will be resold only to other law enforcement agencies or certified law enforcement officers.
On 7/16/12, this item was reviewed and approved by the Public Safety Committee and referred to the Village Board for approval.
Financial Impact
The police department will benefit by obtaining seventeen additional state of the art weapons at no cost while at the same time disposing of the surplus and unneeded weapons in a fashion keeping with the past village practices.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to approve declaring the attached list of thirteen weapons of the police department as surplus and approve the trade of the Law Weapons to Oak Brook, Illinois in exchange for seventeen (17) M-4's with slings, flash light holders and fifty one (51) magazines with the written agreement that the village weapons will only be resold to other law enforcement agencies or other law enforcement officers