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The union representing Reno County Sheriff deputies fired off a salvo this week in an ongoing dispute between the local law enforcement agencies over the control of a firearms training range.
Members of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #18 issued a public letter to the media late Wednesday accusing the Hutchinson Police Department administration of attempting to take control of the range that deputies at the sheriff’s office have built up and maintained over more than 3 ½ decades.
However, Hutchinson Police Chief Jeffrey Hooper says the claim is a misrepresentation of the facts and that agreements on the use and development of the range were in negotiations until the sheriff’s office abruptly withdrew a couple of weeks ago.