Los Angeles Police Department

Issued duty weapons, ammunition and attachments, from public sources. Every entry is dated and confidence-rated.

Type: Local police
Location: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Entries: 2 current · 0 previous
Last verified: Oct 8, 2026

At a glance

Category	Current primary issue	Confidence	Entries
Pistols	FN 509 MRD-LE	Reliable secondary	1
Rifles / Carbines	U.S. military surplus M16	Official source	1
Shotguns	Not yet sourced		—
Precision / Sniper Rifles	Not yet sourced		—
SMGs / Pistol-Caliber Carbines	Not yet sourced		—
Duty Ammunition	Not yet sourced		—

Pistols1 current

Representative photo: FN 509 Midsize (MRD-LE not available under a free license). Photo: The RedBurn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Model photo, not the agency's own firearm.

FN 509 MRD-LE

Reliable secondary

9mm LugerPrimary duty

Dates	2021 – present
As of	Oct 8, 2026

Selected Aug 2021 per FN; FN says the first shipment was to be issued to recruits and instructors from the start of 2022 (year only). Transition progress not stated; current status not re-verified.

Manufacturer press releases (FN America). FN describes it as LAPD's new duty pistol, a red-dot-ready (MRD) model; the optic model LAPD uses is not stated in these releases.

Rifles / Carbines1 current

Generic illustration

U.S. military surplus M16

Official source

5.56x45mm / .223Other

Dates	Nov 14, 2011 – present
As of	Oct 8, 2026

Transferred through the DoD 1033 program (first listed shipment Nov 2011); still on DLA's controlled-property list as of Sept 30, 2025. Possession record, not proof of patrol issue; current status not re-verified.

Military-surplus M16 rifle held under the Department of Defense LESO (1033) program. How the agency uses it is not stated.

Not yet sourced for this agency

+ Shotguns + Precision / Sniper Rifles + SMGs / Pistol-Caliber Carbines + Duty Ammunition

Know of a public source (policy manual, contract, press release, news)? Submit it.

Previously issued

No previous-issue history recorded yet.

Corrections & change log

Oct 8, 2026 · Imported from public source(s): FN America, LLC
Oct 8, 2026 · Imported from public source(s): Defense Logistics Agency, Law Enforcement Support Office; Headquarters, Departments of the Army and Air Force (via Internet Archive)

Agency-level equipment only, from public sources. No individual officers, no unit specifics beyond what the agency has published. Not affiliated with Los Angeles Police Department. Agency listing source: link.