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Ira • ATTACHMENT G a1 FL)0IC) Box 3 301 West A $!r prt Carnhpro.N?rth Carotinr. 27t,10 NCam. (pip)96P,7703 (910. 942_P.•41 May 8, 1987 Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass Orange County Sheriff's Department Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Lindy: At the present the Carrboro Police Department is conducting firearms training and qualification 5 times a year. At each training session the officers shoot a total of 150 rounds. One hundred reloaded rounds are used to fire two practice runs over the prescribed course of fire as listed in the Basic Law Enforcement Training Manual issued by N.C. Training & Standards Commission. The last fifty rounds are service ammunition manufactured by Remington Arms Corporation, Bridgeport, Conn. This is the type of ammunition the officers are required to carry on duty, and they must qualify using this ammunition. As you can see we have a extensive firearms program. Our departments twenty-two sworn officers enjoy this program and it is reflected in their scores. During the last session our department average was 95.6% We at present are using a portion of a small farm in Orange County near Hillsborough. We were given permission to use this area for our training by the owner 7 years ago and our contract consists of a strong handshake. Our immediate concern is that the area we are using is immediately adjacent to an exit ramp from the new I-40. The value of that land of course has now skyrocketed. I feel it's realistic to assume, sometime in the near future that land may be sold. This causes our department some serious concerns. From a liability point of view it is essential that a good firearms program be maintained. It would be a great help if the county somehow acquired land and established a range for the law enforcement departments in the county to use. This range could also be used as a training facility for any school program for small bore (rifle).