Not much punch in that service weapon. Jeeze!
My sons department just switched to gen 5 Glock 19’s from gen 4 Glock 22’s. Most of the department isn’t happy with the change in caliber. They had a shooting and a gunfight last year with two officers and the .40S&W proved to be an effective round in quickly stopping the bad guys.
What you saw there wasn't a deficit in the pistol round. It was a deficit in training. Officers are taught to fire until the threat is neutralized. That's why we see all these mag dumps in police shooting videos. As long as the target is moving, it's a threat, no matter how many rounds are pumped in to it. The second thing is marksmanship training in police departments across the country is grossly inefficient. In most cases, the only time an officer fires their weapon in any given year is 25 to 50 rounds at the range, under ZERO stress, other than having to qualify. That threat could have been neutralized in 2-3 shots at that range.
I'm not bagging on the officers, or saying I could do better. What I am doing is pointing a knifehand at police leadership and cities across the nation that ask these guys to do a shitty job, then leave them woefully underpreared to do it.