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Y ATTACHMENT E LINDY PENDERGRASS Sheriff of Orange County Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278 Office Phone: Hillsborough 732-2431 Chapel Hill 942-6300 Residence Phone: 929-5535 To: Commissioner Stephen Halkiotis From: Sheriff Lindy Pendergras Re: Firearms Range Availability In Orange County Date: May 12, 1987 I take this opportunity to follow up on our conversation as to (a) availability of a firing range for the Orange County Sheriff's Department here in the county. (b) the availability for the Orange County Schools and (c) the availability for the Orange County Recreation Department. The answer to AB & C is of course, there is no availability for any of these. In order for the Orange County Sheriff's Department to qualify and meet standards, our personnel must use the facilities of the Durham County Sheriff's Department. This, at times, creates problems with scheduling around the times when the range is not in use as well as the distance that we must travel and this often creates a hardship on the personnel in the department in meeting training standards for qualification. As you are aware of, firearms training is a great liability for all law enforce- ment agencies. In order for us to comply with training requirements we should have access to a range wherein we could train on a regular basis, avoiding any civil liability should we be found deficient. A Firing Range must be 'located in an area that is safe and one that would not create complaints from the citizens of the county as has been the case with the Chapel Hill Police Departments Range. Letters of need from Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough Police Departments are attached. I hope that somehow a Range can be built to accomodate all who are concerned, and one that is large enough to support the needs as it is most essential due to the mandatory training standards. LP:rf