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Oak Harbor seeks $150,000 from Anacortes opioid fund for regional police training range
Summary
Oak Harbor officials asked the Anacortes City Council to consider a $150,000 contribution from local opioid settlement funds to help purchase a 13,000 sq ft indoor public-safety training facility in Oak Harbor that would serve Island and Skagit County agencies.
Oak Harbor officials asked the Anacortes City Council on Aug. 18 to consider an upfront contribution of $150,000 from local opioid-settlement funds toward the purchase of a 13,000-square-foot indoor public-safety training facility in Oak Harbor.
The request, presented by Chief Chip Slovak of the Oak Harbor Police Department and Mayor Wright of Oak Harbor, described a facility the city is under contract to buy for $2.7 million that includes an OSHA- and LNI-certified indoor firing range with 13 lanes, a classroom and space for reality-based training such as de-escalation, patrol tactics, less-lethal training and multiagency critical-incident exercises. "By doing this investment, we're really investing in the future," Chief Slovak told the council, noting the facility passed ventilation and safety assessments and includes space for virtual-reality and co-response training with fire and EMS.
Why it matters: Oak Harbor and surrounding agencies say they currently face shrinking local range…
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