The Hawai‘i Department of Public Safety is looking into whether it violated state procurement rules when it accepted 350 free guns from weapons manufacturer Smith & Wesson last year. In June 2010, Smith & Wesson offered the department 350 guns
The Hawai‘i Department of Public Safety is looking into whether it violated state procurement rules when it accepted 350 free guns from weapons manufacturer Smith & Wesson last year.
In June 2010, Smith & Wesson offered the department 350 guns to replace older guns in the Sheriff’s Division. The division received the guns last October.
A spokeswoman for the public safety department said the agency opened an internal affairs probe into whether the division issued a request for proposals before accepting the offer, which would have allowed other vendors to bid to replace the weapons.
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