New Handguns CBSA

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by rob love

Canada makes it hard.

So does Holland - we indeed have a lot in common.

The Dutch Police uses the Walther P5 since 1979. Since spares were longer available, procurement for a replacement started in 2008 to replace the P5 by 2010. The European tender for a new handgun was about nine months late because none of the candidate substitutes met the requirements (...). Early 2011 the Ministry of Security and Justice announced the firm SIG SAUER would deliver the new gun: the SIG SAUER PPNL (Police Pistol Netherlands) specifically made for the Dutch police. In November 2011 the government called off the purchase because this weapon would be of insufficient quality and unsafe. In October 2012 it was made known the pistol of choice would be the Walther P99Q as the successor to the P5. By late next year, police officers should have their new service weapon....

Why would the Dutch police need a pistol specifically made for them?
Why would they need about 6 years to select and buy a handgun?

H.