Wrightsville Beach PD gets new guns

Wrightsville Beach police are looking forward to getting new handguns. The town approved a new weapons upgrade for its police department.

The new pistols won’t cost the town a thing; they will be paid for with drug seizure money.

Their old guns, a Glock model 23, are ten years old. The new ones are smith and Wesson M and P handguns with extra safety features.

Wrightsville Beach police officers haven’t discharged a weapon in the line of duty since 1993.

The transition should be complete by the end of this year.