FAIRFIELD — Continue to
increase marketing to attract more outside law enforcement use, the Solano
County grand jury recommends for the Art Koch Range & Training Center – and
the Fairfield city staff agrees.
The grand jury report found the
facility can expand training as more revenue is received from law enforcement
outside Fairfield, a conclusion the city staff recommend the City Council
support when it takes up the matter Tuesday.
Terry Riddle, grand jury
foreman, sent a copy of the report to the city in January.
Fairfield, like other public
agencies, is required to respond to the grand jury.
The report found the firearms
range and training center at 1717 Rex Clift Lane is well maintained.
“The center is so well designed
and equipped that law enforcement personnel from several city, state and federal
agencies use it to enhance their performance,” the grand jury report states.
A simulator area houses a laser
shooting platform for near-to-life scenarios, the grand jury noted.
Fairfield charges fees for
agencies other than the police departments and revenue could allow for
additions, the report adds.
The $12 million training center
completed in 2008 is named for Sgt. Art Koch, the only officer in Fairfield’s
history to have died in the line of duty. He died July 29, 1984.
He was responding to a disturbance
call on Berkeley Way after finishing his last shift as a patrol officer. The
34-year-old father of three lay wounded for about 20 minutes before paramedics
and firefighters were able to rescue him. He died a few hours later, notes the
website of the Fairfield Police Officers’ Association.
City Council members meet at 6
p.m. in the chamber at 1000 Webster St.
March
18, 2015
Daily
Republic
By Ryan McCarthy
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