[Restorer]

Officers who want the weapons must buy them for $1,100.

[ARCADIA]

Officers who want the weapons must buy them for $1,100.

hmmmm, ... either the officer is buying a personal gun, and has been authorized to carry it (which means that the $1100 is a crude estimate - and, you have to ask yourself why colt has been specifically mentioned), or the department has actually contracted to order these guns. Since the colt AR-15 is specifically mentioned, I suspect the latter; the officer may put up $1100 for it, but the department will end up paying for it.