Press Releases

GENESEO, ILL. (12/19/25) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce that, as the result of intensive and rigorous testing, the Henderson Police Department (HPD) of Henderson, Nevada, has adopted the full-size Echelon 4.5F and compact 4.0C 9mm pistols for use by its officers. Recognizing that previously adopted pistols employed by the department did not provide an ideal fit for the wide variety of its officers’ hand sizes, the HPD instituted a comprehensive review of its weapons platforms that revealed numerous... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (12/09/25) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce that the St. Louis County Police Department has adopted the Echelon 4.5F 9mm pistol. The Echelon 4.5F was designed to set a new standard for modern, striker-fired duty pistols. With a host of revolutionary patent-pending features, this modular and highly adaptable handgun is engineered with superior ergonomics and built to withstand the harshest conditions. Driving the modularity of the design is the Echelon’s patent-pending Central Operating Group. Employing cutting-edge manufacturing... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (01/16/24) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce that the Geneseo Police Department in Illinois has recently adopted the Echelon™ 9mm pistol. The Echelon was designed to set a new standard for modern, striker-fired duty pistols. With a host of revolutionary patent-pending features, this modular and highly adaptable handgun is engineered with superior ergonomics and built to withstand the harshest conditions. Driving the modularity of the design is the Echelon’s patent-pending Central Operating Group. Employing cutting-edge manufacturing techniques,... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (09/03/21) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce the donation of guns and equipment to the City of Lake Ozark Police Department. Spearheaded by Springfield Armory CEO Dennis Reese, this donation equips every officer of the Lake Ozark, Missouri police department with the gear necessary to help ensure they can effectively perform their duties protecting its citizens. Dennis Reese and his wife, Jane, have long-time ties and deep connections to the area, and are very involved in the... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (1/17/24) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce that Missouri’s Lake Ozark Police Department has recently adopted the Echelon™ 9mm pistol. The contract was the result of a joint effort between Reese Development in Lake of the Ozarks and Springfield Armory. The Echelon was designed to set a new standard for modern, striker-fired duty pistols. With a host of revolutionary patent-pending features, this modular and highly adaptable handgun is engineered with superior ergonomics and built to withstand the... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (3/24/22) – The Hillsdale College Action Shooting Team, with sponsorship support from Springfield Armory®, earned its first national championship at the Scholastic Action Shooting Program’s College Nationals in Talladega, Alabama. The competition, which took place March 12-13, was the team’s first national competition as a varsity team. This 10-person group includes students ranging from sophomore to senior, and three of the team members are veterans. “The team and I were determined to represent Hillsdale College and Springfield Armory... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (09/27/21) – Springfield Armory® CEO Dennis Reese is proud to announce the hiring of Phil Rawlings as Vice President of Sales and LE. Rawlings will be working closely in this new role with Peggy Hickenbottom, Vice President of Distribution & Customer Service. Possessing more than three decades of total experience involved in the outdoors and firearms industry, Rawlings has held key supervisory and management positions throughout that time. This has included positions with Smith & Wesson, the National... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (02/15/21) – Springfield Armory® is pleased to announce the hiring of Fred Mincks as its Law Enforcement Sales Manager. Mincks comes most recently from the corporate policing world, where he was the Lead Investigator for John Deere’s World Headquarters in Moline, Illinois. Before working for John Deere, Mincks had a distinguished 21-year career in law enforcement in Illinois, retiring as a Senior Operations Sergeant at the Moline Police Department in 2018. “The opportunity to join the Springfield Armory... Read more

GENESEO, IL  – Springfield Armory will feature its SAINT lineup of AR-15s as patrol rifle considerations during the annual National Patrol Rifle Conference (NPRC), June 1-2 in Detroit, Michigan. Each year the NPRC brings together law enforcement officers across the country for a patrol-focused conference highlighting seminars and active shooter training drills that promote improved readiness and preparedness. The second day of the conference is dedicated the Patrol Rifle Championships which include both competition and live-fire scenarios for both current and former law enforcement... Read more

Springfield Armory is hoping to outfit more law enforcement departments and agencies. GENESEO, IL.   – Springfield Armory is providing 100 winners an opportunity to win the ultimate every day carry (EDC) package with the help of some exceptional partners. The Springfield Armory 911 .380 is the most concealable pistol the company produces, making it a natural choice for personal carry. By partnering with Personal Defense Network (PDN), Springfield Armory, along with six other brands, are providing all the tools necessary to... Read more