1993 NYPD Handgun Transition
In August 1993, Kelly introduced the 9mm automatic pistol as an option for officers. The Glock 19, SIG-Sauer P226, and Smith & Wesson 5946 pistols were approved for duty to replace the NYPD's Smith & Wesson Model 10 and Model 64 double-action only revolvers chambered in .38 Special. Himself a former street cop, Kelly was concerned about the automatic pistols' propensity for sustaining firearm malfunctions. Indeed, at a media event introducing the new automatic pistols in January 1993, one of the firearms malfunctioned just moments after a deputy inspector explained that malfunctions and failures were the automatic pistol's major design drawback.
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