Finance Committee - 11/20/2019 Page 11
You are absolutely right, some of these vehicles, as soon as one officer is getting off of shift, that vehicle has
no time to cool down, another officer is jumping in it. They do truly run 24 hours a day.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Purchase of NPD Ammunition (Value: $58,189) Department: 150 Police; Fund: Ammunition and
Supplies Account
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE PURCHASE OF
NPD AMMUNITION TO EAGLE POINT GUN/TJ MORRIS & SON IN THE AMOUNT OF $58,189. FUNDS
ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 150 POLICE; FUND: AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES ACCOUNT
ON THE QUESTION
Chairman O’Brien
Welcome, would you like to give us a brief synopsis?
David Elliott, Police Officer NPD
Yes sir, Officer Dave Elliot, Nashua Police Department. About all we can do is order the ammunition that is
required to sustain the Department for the next year. Of that ammunition we ordered two types; what we
classify as duty ammunition and training ammunition. The Duty Ammunition is specially designed, higher
quality control for that duty process. The Training Ammunition we only order two types, full metal jacket which
is the cheapest version, that is our outdoor ammunition. And then we also order special ammunition which is
frangible designed for indoor range.
The big change this year, is additional, more frangible ammunition as we are trying to transition our indoor
range to frangible only. Traditionally what we shot was called a “Total Metal Jacket” which still had a lead core.
So the goal is to start transitioning out anything with lead in it on the indoor range and go to a frangible round.
If you are not familiar with frangible round, there is 0 lead in it. It is compressed copper, when it hits something
it pretty much just turned into a powder and that’s what we are trying to go to in the indoor range because of
some of the lead issues.
Alderman Laws
Just my personal curiosity, so we’ve switched over to the 6 hour 9 millimeter at the duty weapon, correct?
Officer Elliott
Yes sir.
Alderman Laws
Was there a large supply for 40 millimeter ammo left over?
Officer Elliott
Yes sir there was.
Alderman Laws
What did you do with it?
