Gardaí had to shred over 2,500 gun holsters because they were obsolete

Some 1,665 of the original tranche of holsters had been issued to serving members and were replaced. The remaining 910 holsters had never been issued operationally and were destroyed without ever being used. File picture Collins Courts

An Garda Siochana shredded close to 2,600 leather gun holsters after withdrawing them from service use “for safety reasons”.

In an update to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the force said that the 2,575 Sig and Walther leather holsters in question had been deemed “obsolete” and were “written off and destroyed” following the introduction of King Cobra Holsters for armed personnel.