Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department has received a Homeland Security grant to purchase new service weapons.
The funds come in the form of a personal protection grant and will include $1,800 for the guns and $851 for 1,900 rounds of ammunition. The bullets will be used for department personnel to qualify their marksmanship with the new weapons. Three hundred rounds will be for duty ammo.
The department will purchase four .45 caliber Smith and Wesson Military Police model semi-automatic handguns. The guns are purchased on state contract from Bud’s Police Supply in Lexington.
Deputy Greg Rushing said the sheriff’s department upgrades its service weapons every six or seven years. Department personnel are currently carrying .40 caliber weapons.
The same grant helped the department purchase new body armor in 2010. That cost about $3,000.
