He said why: to "intimidate and show power."
Sorry I ruffled your feathers. Perhaps you misunderstood my intent. If so, I apologize.
You could clean it up a bit though.
I guess you learn something new every day. Just an opinion though, but if the Chief was starting out new, and he went to an oral board and told them that he didn’t consider a pistol as a defensive weapon, but that it was to be used to intimidate and show power, he wouldn’t be hired. Police Chiefs and Sheriff’s would understand the liability to their departments in civil suits if they had officers making public statements like that.