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I've been meaning to make this a post for several years now. My mother took a job as a secretary for the local county police around 1986-7. She worked that for about a year before going to the academy and becoming an officer in 1988. I believe the county police had like 6 officers at the time.

She handled the women and children side of things while eventually becoming Chief until the department was merged with the sheriff's office. She retired there as the Captain in 2008 and gave me the P228.

For the first year she carried a S&W model 10. The other guys carried SIGs, I believe P226 and P220s. So in 1989 my father, a former game Warden turned Park Ranger, bought her a P228 from Kiesler Police supply in Southern Indiana. I wanna say it was around $800(huge amount of money for them at the time) and according to him, it was one of the first ones they had sold.

I'm going to try my best to post a picture so if I screw this up, bear with me while I figure it out.

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Great story, look forward to the picture. Right now it doesn't look like its coming up.



 
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Great story and a beautiful '89 P228 with wear in all the right places.. Cool


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Nice 'JK' W.German P228 Cool


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Very cool story, and a great piece of family history.



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Great story and a beautiful '89 P228 with wear in all the right places.. Cool


Thanks. I would estimate the rounds fired well under 500. You were the first person that came to mind when I decided to make this post.
 
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Thanks for sharing. P228's are classic firearms period. I've been carrying one of mine daily for months. I love it. Perfection....period.



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Great story and history. I was a big Kieslers fan when I lived in Ohio.


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Thanks for sharing this. Appreciate you taking the time. That P228's history seems fitting for Sig's best handgun!
 
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Amazing heritage. I love hearing about things like this. You must be very proud of her. Thank you for sharing.


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That’s excellent all-around!



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Thank you.
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Awesome story and nice P228. Sigs in the late 80s and early 90s were expensive when compared to a lot of other guns.


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Your mother was ahead of her time. In both her career and in choice of firearms. Big Grin


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Your mother was ahead of her time. In both her career and in choice of firearms. Big Grin


I agree. She was the only female on the force. I never once heard of her speak of men vs women or there ever being an issue with her being in charge. I can remember several times the phone ringing at 2a.m and one of her officers asking some silly question. Plus the guys definitely didn’t want to deal with the rape and abuse cases, that were not uncommon.
 
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Cool story. Very nice P228. Thanks for sharing.



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Beautiful! Imagine one day being able to hand it down and say "This was Grandma's gun!"
 
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