East Hartford Cop: Department-Issued Guns Have Dangerous Defect

EAST HARTFORD, CT — The president of the East Hartford police union has said that some of the department's pistols have a dangerous defect that causes them to not shoot straight. Officer Frank Iacono called for the department to "dump Glock and their defective guns and find us something else that's reliable, easy to use, and most importantly, hits what we're aiming at."

On his blog, Iacono wrote: "Over the last few months since our last Department wide firearms training session in the fall of 2019, word has gotten out that a large number of the Gen 4 Glock 17 models that our Officers are currently carrying have a serious flaw. The flaw is that when the trigger is pulled the bullets don't go where the gun is pointing, instead they tend to go a bit to the left. From what we've learned the problem seems to get worse with more use, and a quick internet search shows that this has been a known issue with these guns for at least the last 10 years and Glock still hasn't fixed it."

Deputy Police Chief Christopher Davis and department spokesman Lt. Josh Litwin responded in The Hartford Courant that police have been working the gun's manufacturer to fix any problems.

A police official in the department's firearms training division notified the gun manufacturer last year about some pistols were shooting high and to the left during qualifications. A Glock representative verified the issue and the guns were returned to the company to replace the sights, according to The Hartford Courant.

Iacono wrote on his blog that the problem is much more widespread.

"As of right now these guns are still on the street being carried by our Officers... My members have guns with sights cocked to the side and are being told to aim to the right of what they want to hit, this is completely unsafe and unacceptable and should've never been allowed to happen."