Pa. State Police to Transition Away from Shotguns for Troopers

May 7, 2025
Pennsylvania State Police troopers will no longer be carrying shotguns and instead will be equipped with .223-caliber rifles, "which offers advantages including longer effective range," the agency said.
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Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.

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