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, ( 0- `_ - i � <br />ATTACHMENT F 5 <br />C iz a p e 1 H i 1 1 IF l i c e 3=) t rrt e rl t <br />828 Airport Road <br />Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 <br />(919) 968 -2760 <br />April 30. 1987 <br />Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass <br />Orange County Sheriffs Department <br />106 East Margaret Lane <br />Hillsborough, N.C. 27278 <br />Sheriff Pendergrass: <br />I would like to take this opportunity to support the proposal for a <br />firing range for Law Enforcement Officers in Orange County. It will <br />fill a need that has o�cisted in the County for some time, and enhance <br />the quality of Law Enforcement services for the residents of the <br />County. <br />As you know. Officers of the Chapel Hill Police Department present- <br />ly utilize the range owned by the Chapel Hill Police Association. <br />This facility is serving us well. and in fact, we are now in the pro- <br />cess of negotiating with the Association for improvements at the fa- <br />cility. Some of the improvements are• necessitated because of new re- <br />quirements proposed by the State for limited light qualification as <br />well as combat firing qualifications. As you also know, this facility <br />is limited to five lanes which will not be large enough too support <br />the future needs of Law Enforcement Officers other than our own. Be- <br />cause of the topography of the area, the cost of adding additional <br />lanes is prohibitive, and therefore is not presently being considered <br />as one of those improvements under discussion. <br />I believe that the <br />needs into the future, <br />area for all of Law En! <br />even further to lessen <br />same, and an adequate <br />tial. Our facility is <br />the entire County with <br />Association's range will be able to meet our <br />but with firearms being such a high liability <br />'orcement, I plan on increasing our own training <br />this risk. I know that you would like to do the <br />facility to carry out this training is essen- <br />simply not large enough to support the needs of <br />necessary training such as this. <br />For all of these reasons. I wholeheartedly support this proposal. <br />It will assist all of us in doing our job better and more safely, and <br />is therefore a wise and prudent investment of public resources. <br />Sincerely Your <br />major Arnold Gold, Interim Chief of Police <br />Chapel Hill Police Department <br />