page_title: San Jose Police Department
section_title: Weapons and equipment
hierarchical_section_title: San Jose Police Department / Uniform and equipment / Weapons and equipment
caption_attribution_description: English: 4 squads
context_page_description: The San Jose Police Department is the police agency for San Jose, California. The San Jose Police Department is led by Chief of Police Edgardo Garcia.
  The department makes its calls for service available to the public; it is the first American city police department to make all 911 calls available via online CrimeReports.com maps. The 911 call data is updated daily.
context_section_description: The San Jose Police Departments officers normally carry tasers. The standard taser for the department is the TASER(R) X26P(TM) Smart Weapon. Officers are issued OC Spray, handcuffs, a baton, flashlight plus a handgun and two spare magazines. The standard issue semi-automatic handgun is a Glock. (Before 2013, it was from SIG Sauer).  Squad cars are normally armed with shotguns and officers are allowed to purchase patrol rifles, with individual permission of the chief and a four-day training course. The officers own these weapons and can use them for personal use as well as departmental.
  In mid-2014, the department returned a mine-resistant military vehicle to the federal government.
caption: Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors in SJPD service.
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