WHITESTOWN — A new public safety training facility is coming to Whitestown, just west of the town’s wastewater treatment plant and near the Boone-Hendricks County line.
The site, adjacent to the town’s maintenance facility, will include a police shooting range and that’s raising concerns among nearby Hendricks County residents who say the project is too close to their homes.
New public safety facility planned in Whitestown aims to boost training, neighbors worry about location
“This is our backyard,” said Matt Cummings, who lives just across the county line. “I have three little kids and every neighbor around here has kids.”
Some residents have emailed WRTV, expressing fears about noise and stray bullets. One wrote, “I live less than half a mile from the facility… that seems very unsafe for children.”…