And do they get hollowpoint balls?

I know, it's weird, but when you arm the cops with slingshots...
TIJUANA, Mexico - The police department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers.

Municipal police spokesman Fernando Bojorquez said Monday that the slingshots, along with bags of ballbearings, were given to officers patrolling areas of the city visited by tourists.

Don't you just love it?

A while back Mark in Mexico had- among a bunch of others- this post on a raid on the Oaxaca Attorney General's office and what occurred:

The feds hit the State Attorney General's headquarters and took it completely by surprise. They have done the following since entering the building:

* Confiscated all weapons of the Policía Ministerial that they found inside the building
* Begun to comb files looking for outstanding arrest warrants against PM officers
* Begun to comb files for PM arrest warrants never served against "friendlies"
* Begun to test fire the PM's confiscated weapons to run ballistics tests on murder victims
* Taken control and responsibility for all the State Attorney General 's duties under the law
* Review all small arms to assure they are licensed and the carrier has permits to possess and carry. (emphasis mine)

So similar actions happened in a bunch of other areas. I wonder if the officers there got slingshots too?

And if they get hollowpoint pellets, do they get magnum rubbers, too?