LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – While they are working to earn their badges, recruits at the Lubbock Police Academy are now learning their weapon with the most serious consequences. Three months in, and recruits are getting familiar with the gun range.
When it comes to defending citizens, other officers, and themselves with a potentially deadly weapon, safety and skill are at the forefront.
The week before recruits’ first day shooting their firearms, they spent several hours in the classroom, learning the rules of range and even how to handle their firearms at home…