Revolver Guy's Master List of the Pistols Issued by State Police Agencies

Earlier this year, Mike Wood published an updated "Master List of State-Issued Pistols" at the Revolver Guy blog. No revolvers, though. 

    The list only concerns itself with the handguns issued by each state's State Police (or equivalent) and, even among that, only those issued to patrolmen, not smaller firearms that might be issued to administrative types or plainclothes officers; nor does it concern itself with firearms that are authorized but not issued. Consequently, there is just one pistol listed per state. Obviously, country and local law enforcement agencies will likely have different handguns and/or calibers. For instance, looking at my own state of Idaho, the issued pistol for the Idaho State Police (which pretty much operates as a highway patrol) is a Glock 19 (9mm) (MOS version, with Holosun HE508T optic). Yet most of the local police appear to be carrying full sized Glocks in .40 S&W. 

    Wood also discusses some of the trends he has observed. For instance, all the issue handguns are now polymer framed and half are some model of Glock. And while his prior list had 46% using .40 S&W and 12% .357 Sig, it is now down to 12% and a single agency, respectively; and those issuing .45 ACP fell from 18% to 10%. And, finally, 12% issue pistols with optics and another 10% of so issue optic-ready handguns. In that regard, Wood adds:

My experience in training law enforcement officers throughout the state of California indicates that a strong and rising minority of deputies and police officers are carrying optics-equipped pistols on patrol (maybe as much as 30% – 40% statewide, even more in some regions or departments, and rapidly climbing), and I have no doubt the trend of mounting TV screens to the blaster will accelerate at the state and national level in the years to come.