My shop rolled out autopistols in mid-1987. 45 ACP and 9mm were the flavors, SIG-Sauer, Beretta, and S&W were the makers, and Winchester Silvertips were the ammunitions authorized. 45 ACP ran a 185 grain HP at 1000 FPS, the 9mm ran a 115 grain HP at 1200 FPS from my S&W 459. That was pretty close to the European performance level, so life was relatively good at work after almost 10 years of the 38 Special's sole usage as felon repellent.
FBI Miami took place some months prior to my shop's addition of the bottom-feeders, and after much gnashing of teeth and covering of backsides FBI lays the blame for the outcome of that debacle at the feet of the 9mm Winchester Silvertip ammunition being used by the agents using 9mm pistols. That is unmitigated pasture muffins. The agents did not place hits on determined predators, but since the FBI is considered The Oracle At Delphi For All Things Law Enforcement, there was no way on earth FBI would present the unvarnished truth of the matter. Most of us (LE and citizen) have noted similar poetic renditions of fact from FBI in the succeeding years following Miami, but I am getting far afield here. They get some stuff right, but you need new clean filter elements to assess each new finding one at a time.
Many white lab coats and lots of ballistic gelatin were utilized to come up with The New And Improved 9mm FBI Recommendation a few years later, the much-touted Sub-Sonic JHP Load. It features a 147 grain JHP at about 950 FPS from service-length 9mm pistol barrels. It is as a practical matter a self-loading 38 Special. One step forward, three steps back. I cobbled up some duplicator practice loads from Midway-sourced Winchester bullets just like those used in the issue ammo, and seated them atop 4.1 grains of WW-231 in the S&W 459 and the SIG P-226. That 250 rounds went with me on some quail and varmint hunts in the desert that Fall and Winter (1989-90). In short, jackrabbits almost always required a follow-up/finishing shot. Silvertip loads and their imitators did not. "Boyos, those are the rounds you carry at work in 9mm!" Yes, the campfire discussions were right interesting that season. Most of the guys and gals that hunted with me that year were range folk and gun cranks, and the upshot of our in-field testing was a voluntary relegation of the 9mm among our field troops to off-duty usage or outright removal from carry rotation. 45s ruled the earth, until 1994 when the 40 S&W and the Glocks were added to the lineup. The story does have a happy ending. I will also add, semi-conspiratorially, that the explosion on scene of the 40 S&W and its rapid proliferation was contemporaneous with that roll-out of FBI's sub-sonic sub-effective sub-lethal 9mm round. That phenomenon didn't happen in a vacuum, no sir.
In summary, choose your 9mm ammo carefully, and tune out most of what FBI says about anything. If you pay attention to that drivel-stream without filters you'll come to work with your pants on backwards and your daughters will marry progressive metrobois with skinny jeans, earrings and tongue piercings. You'll know when you turn on your shop TV and "The View" is streaming all day that it's time for an intervention. Just call me.