New APD range

Looks like the Austin Police Department got a new training range.

Good.

[APD Chief Art] Acevedo also wants all officers to start shooting every month instead of annually.

Right now, all peace officers must qualify with their weapons every year.

Cpl. Duane Peed. “We want to do more than just qualify. We want to decision making training, we want to practice reloading skills, malfunction clearing, shooting from behind cover, different position shooting, we’ll practice with different weapons, not only our pistols but shotguns we have in our patrol cars.”

Very good.

 

One thought on “New APD range

  1. To the tune of $XXX annually.
    I see a huge budget fight here. I only worked with one department that ever implemented this type of training and we only had 13 officers. It was a battle with town council every year to keep the program.
    I think it has since been stopped.

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