Most of the roughly 1,450 Chicago police officers who carried Sig Sauer P320 handguns have replaced them because of safety concerns raised this year about the weapon, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.

Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara wrote to police Supt. Larry Snelling in April and urged him to ban the model, claiming the gun can accidentally fire without a trigger pull, which could lead to an officer or member of the public being wounded or killed.

“Current recruits at the Chicago Police Academy already have been advised that the Sig Sauer P320 is no longer a prescribed weapon for them to purchase or utilize,” Catanzara wrote.

On Monday, department spokesperson Maggie Huyhn said officers using the P320 were given a July 14 deadline to submit proof of buying a new ap

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