JCordell can probably shed some more light on this.
However, in my city/county, it isn't so much that the officers aren't allowed to carry their issue piece while off duty, in fact, all of our Deputies are mandated to carry off duty, but just a matter of convience.
The Dept. issues the Glock 17 and the Glock 22, several Deputies carry Government Models, and one carries a S&W Model 13, loaded with the "FBI Load."
Those are big, full sized guns. Kinda hard to carry when not wearing a full duty belt.
So, hence the off duty piece.
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