Speaking as a cop, I can say that right now we are trying to outfit up to 5 new guys and our firearms sergeant was having a tough time finding Pmags for our guys. Same thing with rifles and EOTechs, etc.

Big departments might get front-of-the-line bulk ordering, but we're going to have to spend a lot of time trying to find a distributor who has rifles, magazines, and optics in stock who is willing to sell them to us, and we may have some guys who aren't well equipped for a while.

It's frustrating, but I'm a big "citizens are the police, police are the citizens" guy, so I don't see why the cops should get priority ordering unless it's for the same reasons that a big distributor would (bulk order, special order, etc).