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ATTACHMENT F ,4 Cria..pe 1 Hi 1 1 P o l i c e Dapar- tm x� t- 825 Airport Road Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 (919) 968 -2760 April 30, 1987 Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass Orange County Sheriffs Department 106 East Margaret Lane Hillsborough, N.C. 27278 Sheriff Pendergrass: I would like to take this opportunity to support the proposal for a firing range for Law Enforcement Officers in Orange County. It will fill a need that has existed in the County for some time, and enhance the quality of Law Enforcement services for the residents of the County. As you know, Officers of the Chapel Hill Police Department present- ly utilize the range owned by the Chapel Hill Police Association. This facility is serving us well, and in fact, we are now in the pro- cess of negotiating with the Association for improvements at the fa- cility. Some of the improvements are. necessitated because of new re- quirements proposed by the State for limited light qualification as well as combat firing qualifications. As you also know, this facility is limited to five lanes which will not be large enough too support the future needs of Law Enforcement Officers other than our own. Be- cause of the topography of the area, the cost of adding additional lanes is prohibitive, and therefore is not presently being considered as one of those improvements under discussion. I believe that the needs into the future, area for all of Law Enf even further to lessen same, and an adequate tial. Our facility is the entire County with .Association's range will be able to meet our but with firearms being such a high liability °orcement, I plan on increasing our own training this risk. I know that you would like to do the facility to carry out this training is essen- simply not large enough to support the needs of necessary training such as this. For all of these reasons, I wholeheartedly support this proposal. It will assist all of us in doing our job better and more safely, and is therefore a wise and prudent investment of public resources. Sincerely Yours, . /�' . major-Arnold Gold, Interim Chief of Police Chapel Hill Police Department I ( 1 )