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Beretta USA wins L.E. contracts.


Beretta has received three contracts from law-enforcement departments.

The Rochester (New York) Police Department has purchased 775 Beretta Px4 Storm The Beretta Px4 Storm is a semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta of Italy and intended for personal defense and law enforcement use. The Px4 uses the same short-recoil, rotating barrel lock as the Beretta 8000 Models and uses exactly the same Operating System as the  .45 pistols.

"Beretta demonstrated their commitment to our organization during the testing process by redesigning the original safety lever of the Px4 to resemble the lever on the 92 series and the Cougar series of pistols previously issued to the RPD." said David T. Moore, Rochester chief of police.

Virginia's Division of Capitol Police, located in the state's capital of Richmond, has purchased 85 Beretta .40 Px4 Storm pistols for issue to its officers.

The College of William and Mary Noun 1. William and Mary - joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II  in historic Williamsburg, Va., is providing its campus police officers with Beretta's Cx4 Storm carbine/patrol rifle,

'The William and Mary Police recognizes that the Cx4 carbine carbine

Light, short-barreled rifle. The first carbines, from the muzzle-loading muskets of the 18th century to the lever-action repeaters of the 19th, were chiefly cavalry weapons or saddle firearms for mounted frontiersmen.
 is a cost-effective, accurate and reliable tool that allows the patrol officer to quickly respond to threats that are beyond pistol range," said Elio J. Oliva, vice president, Beretta Law Enforcement and Defense Division.

For additional information, visit www.berettausa.com.
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Date:Oct 1, 2008
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