It shall be the responsibility of the Weapons Training Unit, Biscailuz Center Armory to assist units in the development of guidelines establishing the content and quantity of certain assigned equipment that may be retained at a unit on a continuous basis. This equipment may include, but not limited to, firearms, firearms-related equipment, ammunition, and chemical munitions.
The Biscailuz Center Armory shall be responsible for the issuance of this designated equipment. Repair of any firearms shall only be conducted by the Biscailuz Center Armory personnel. Routine cleaning of all unit firearms and unit firearms-related equipment shall be the responsibility of the individual unit.
A unit shall be accountable for equipment issued to it from the Biscailuz Center Armory as outlined in MPP 3-06/080.10, Quarterly Weapons Inventory.
Units shall be responsible for purchasing replacements for any munitions that are lost or stolen. Unit level munitions purchases shall be coordinated through the Biscailuz Center Armory (3-09/030.10, Training and Duty Ammunition and ***Purchase of Firearms, Ammunition, or Weapons-Related Equipment***). Units will also be responsible for purchasing any ammunition that will be used for training that is not conducted by the Weapons Training Unit.
No unit shall purchase any firearm (including less-lethal firearms), ammunition, or weapon-related equipment without prior written approval from the Department Rangemaster (***Purchase of Firearms, Ammunition, or Weapons-Related Equipment***)
The Weapons Training Unit shall coordinate the disposal and disposition of obsolete or unserviceable firearms, firearms-related equipment, and outdated, inoperable or partially expended chemical munitions.
Any munitions, weapons, or weapon-related equipment that is purchased by any Department unit becomes Department property and falls under the control of the Biscailuz Center Armory. These items may be recalled by the Biscailuz Center Armory at any time for removal from service or reassignment to another unit.
No item issued to a unit from the Biscailuz Center Armory shall be loaned, transferred, or relocated to another Unit without prior authorization from the Department Rangemaster, Biscailuz Center Armory Sergeant, or the Senior Department Armorer.