Got an email from someone with the skinny on the NYPD Glock situation.
No, they are not doing anything so baller as issuing a special run of factory Glock "19L" guns (jargon for a 17 with the grip chopped to take 19 mags) but rather they're getting Glock to make a batch of Glock 17 mags blocked to only hold 15 rounds.
Oh, well, when something seems too cool to be true, it probably is.
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