{"id":5789,"date":"2025-08-11T16:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.iupa.org\/?p=5789"},"modified":"2025-08-12T18:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:44:41","slug":"i-u-p-a-research-update-take-the-sig-sauer-p320-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/i-u-p-a-research-update-take-the-sig-sauer-p320-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"I.U.P.A. Research Update: Take the Sig Sauer P320 Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1430px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" title=\"research_sm\" src=\"https:\/\/iupa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/research_sm.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iupa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/research_sm.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-5790\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272000%27%20height%3D%271333%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202000%201333%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272000%27%20height%3D%271333%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iupa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/research_sm-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/iupa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/research_sm-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iupa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/research_sm-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/iupa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/research_sm-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iupa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/research_sm-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/iupa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/research_sm.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The I.U.P.A. Research Department completes research tasks on a number of different topics upon request by local presidents and proactively when there are topics of particular concern to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Common research assignments include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wage and benefits surveys<\/li>\n<li>SurveyMonkey surveys to conduct local elections and to collect information about what members want in negotiations<\/li>\n<li>Research reports on a variety of topics that concern our locals and our members<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There have been stories in the news about the Sig Sauer P320 firing without someone pulling the trigger. WCNC News reported, \u201cAmid growing fears that the Sig Sauer P320 can fire without someone pulling the trigger, leading to injuries and even deaths, some police departments nationwide are reevaluating their use of the handgun.\u201d They also reported, \u201cAirman Brayden Lovan, 21 died from a gunshot wound on July 20 at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base near Cheyenne, Wyoming, after a firearm discharged. The airman carried the military version of the P320 handgun, a Sig Sauer M18 pistol.\u201d You can read more of the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/article\/news\/investigations\/more-departments-reconsider-sig-sauer-p320-airman-death\/275-25f11afa-49bf-4747-b6a7-600ad52ee6e0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The I.U.P.A. Research Department is conducting a survey to determine whether there is an issue as reported with the Sig Sauer P320. Please take a few minutes to take our survey, so that we may collect the data and determine more on this topic.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-xlarge button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:var(--awb-custom10);--button_accent_hover_color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--button_border_hover_color:var(--awb-color8);--button_gradient_top_color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--button_gradient_bottom_color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--button_gradient_top_color_hover:var(--awb-color1);--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:var(--awb-color1);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/XMHDFRH\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Take the Survey<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iupa-briefing-room"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5789"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5796,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions\/5796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}