Duty Arms Index

Boyd County Sheriff's Department (Kentucky)

Sheriff's office · Catlettsburg, Kentucky · Last updated · Official site ↗

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Duty pistol
Glock G47 MOS9mm Luger
Official source
Glock G47 MOS (model photo)

Representative photo: a U.S. Coast Guard Glock 47 MOS (captioned "Glock-47 service pistol") with a red dot milled into the slide and a Streamlight weapon light; not the listed agency's gun. Photo: MC Seaman Joey Sitter, U.S. Navy, Public domain, via DVIDS (cropped to the pistol and gloved hand, enlarged 2x). Model photo, not the agency's own firearm.

What gun does the Boyd County Sheriff's Department (Kentucky) carry?

The Boyd County Sheriff's Department (Kentucky)'s current duty pistol is the Glock G47 MOS (9mm Luger), per official agency or government records; based on a 2024 source and not re-verified since.

Type
Sheriff's office
Location
Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky
Entries
1 current · 0 previous1 source cited
Last updated
Oct 10, 2026newest source Aug 22, 2024

Quick answers

What caliber does the Boyd County Sheriff's Department (Kentucky) use?

The Boyd County Sheriff's Department (Kentucky)'s current duty pistol is the Glock G47 MOS, chambered in 9mm Luger, per official agency or government records.

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CategoryCurrent primary issueEntries
PistolsGlock G47 MOSWho else issues it →1
Rifles / CarbinesNot yet sourced—
ShotgunsNot yet sourced—
Precision / Sniper RiflesNot yet sourced—
SMGs / Pistol-Caliber CarbinesNot yet sourced—
Duty AmmunitionNot yet sourced—

Loadout

How the current duty weapons are configured, per the sourced entries below. Optic and light models are shown only when a source names them.

Duty pistol

Glock G47 MOS

Official source
a U.S. Coast Guard Glock 47 MOS (captioned "Glock-47 service pistol") with a red dot milled into the slide and a Streamlight weapon light; not the listed agency's gun (representative photo)
Shown: a U.S. Coast Guard Glock 47 MOS (captioned "Glock-47 service pistol") with a red dot milled into the slide and a Streamlight weapon light; not the listed agency's gun
Issued configuration
Pistol
Glock G47 MOS
Caliber
9mm Luger
Pistol optic
Optics-ready slide; optic not yet sourced
Light
Not yet sourced

Pistols

1 current
Glock G47 MOS (model photo)

Representative photo: a U.S. Coast Guard Glock 47 MOS (captioned "Glock-47 service pistol") with a red dot milled into the slide and a Streamlight weapon light; not the listed agency's gun. Photo: MC Seaman Joey Sitter, U.S. Navy, Public domain, via DVIDS (cropped to the pistol and gloved hand, enlarged 2x). Model photo, not the agency's own firearm.

Glock G47 MOS

Official source1 source
9mm LugerPrimary duty
DatesAug 22, 2024 – present
As ofOct 10, 2026

Per the Aug. 2024 invitation to bid (due Sept. 19, 2024); award not verified.

The sheriff's own invitation to bid (Kentucky Law Enforcement Protection Program grant) is for Glock 47 MOS pistols with Speer Gold Dot duty ammunition. The duty role is inferred from a department-wide duty-ammunition buy; the notice doesn't state it.

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Corrections & change log

  • Oct 10, 2026 · Imported from public source(s): Boyd County Sheriff's Department (legal notice published in The Independent, Ashland, Ky.)

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