Most police officers never fire a weapon. But if a cop has to pull their sidearm, they want to be confident it won’t accidentally fire a round into their foot.
Yet the San Francisco Police Department allowed a troubled gun to be issued to more than 50 officers, despite claims of it malfunctioning and injuring law enforcement officers across the country.
For several years, the P320 pistol, made by New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer, has reportedly been firing at times without the trigger being pulled. A 2022 federal lawsuit filed by more than 20 law enforcement officers claimed the gun injured them. The suit alleges that there had been more than 100 other incidents of the gun firing due to malfunction. In some cases the gun reportedly went off while in a holster…