Special Bd. of Aldermen — 04/15/2019 Page 6
Alderman Tencza
Just specifically on the gun range and having it be within the Police Department within that building specifically, |
mean has there been thought to either having some place that is off site that is not necessarily as contained as
the gun range at the Nashua Police Department. Has that been thought of, because regardless of the HVAC
system, right if you are shooting bullets in there, there is going to be a lot of lead floating around in the air. Not
just in that room but through the building.
Deputy Chief Carignan
There are a couple different things we can cover to answer your question. We have transitioned in this next
round of ammunition that we purchased, given that we’ve transferred guns over to 9 millimeter; we are buying
now completely lead-free rounds that even the primers no longer carry that lead product in them. Having the
range at the station allows us to bring officers in for what we call Quick Hitter Training, meaning we are not going
to spend a full day and tie up overtime on this training. If we have a certain issue we can cover, we will bring
them off the street, put them down in the range, engage in an exercise and then they can go right back on the
street. So they may be off the street for 20 to 25 minutes as opposed to a full 8 hour shift.
Another option is an outdoor range, like say at the landfill. Nashua is pretty limited to where you want bullets
flying outside of a building. We our rifle training, we do our high caliber weapons elsewhere at Hudson ranges.
We did look into whether or not it would be economically feasible to outsource our range training and do stuff, but
with the amount of officers that we have and the amount of training that we do to get either a private range or an
outdoor range, they wouldn’t be able to schedule the amount of times that we would need it. And a lot of those
private ranges have rules that don’t conform to our shooting, the tactics that we are using and we are trying. Like
| say, we do a lot of moving, we do a lot of engaging targets before we have to engage in shooting, a lot of
physical activity to get the heart rate up. So there’s a lot more to it that a lot of those ranges for insurance
purposes would not allow us to do.
Alderman Dowd
Any other questions? You might want to stay there in case a question comes up, also if we have any questions
relative to the bonding itself, Treasurer Fredette is here. | am going to start the Public Testimony.
Testimony in Favor - None
Testimony in Opposition - None
Testimony in Favor - None
Testimony in Opposition - None
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO ADJOURN
MOTION CARRIED
The meeting was declared adjourned at p.m.
Attest: Patricia Piecuch, City Clerk
