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NYPD retires revolvers, replaces them with 9 mm semiautomatic handgun

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  • NYPD police officer Paul Sulzbach, center, joins other officers at Rodman's neck gun range in the Bronx on May 30, 2018, as they train on 9mm firearms.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • NYPD officers wear their revolvers at Rodman's neck gun range in the Bronx on May 30, 2018, but later trained on 9mm firearms.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • NYPD Lt. James Darcy fires a .38 revolver during a demonstration of the firearm at Rodman's neck gun range in the Bronx on May 30, 2018, not long before training on his new 9mm firearm as he prepares to retire his revolver.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • NYPD police officer Paul Sulzbach works with his new 9mm handgun with other officers at Rodman's neck gun range in the Bronx on May 30, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • NYPD officers practice at Rodman's neck gun range in the Bronx on May 30, 2018, as they train on 9mm firearms.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • NYPD police officer Paul Sulzbach spins the cylinder of his .38 service revolver at his precinct on May 28, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • A soon to be retired service revolver hangs on the gunbelt of NYPD police officer Paul Sulzbach as he speaks with Marine Maj. Dan Nardiello while they attend a Memorial Day function at Sulzbach's precinct on May 28, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Richard G. DiBlasio Inspector, and Commanding Officer of Firearms and Tactics Sector, shows of his retired service weapon at Rodman's neck gun range in the Bronx on May 30, 2018. The gun was a gift to him from his grandmother at a time when officers had to purchase their own guns.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • NYPD Officer Paul Sulzbach walks along Broadway in midtown on Monday, with his soon-to-be-retired service revolver.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • From left, Sgt. Steve Ward, Police Officer (PO) Timothy Broadus, Lt. James Darcy, PO Mary Lawrence, Counter Terrorism officer Steven Cohn, and Sgt. Thomas McLaughlin of the NYPD wear their revolvers as they pose for a photo at Rodman's neck gun range in the Bronx on May 30, 2018. They later trained on 9mm firearms as they prepare to retire their revolvers.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

The revolver will soon become a relic of the past, replaced by a modern 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, the NYPD said.

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