2009.07.02
Live-fire training should heat up Roanoke's sheriff's race
First, officers' safety was compromised; then, public confidence was shaken in the Roanoke sheriff's leadership of her department after news broke of its participation in training that intentionally put officers downrange of live gunfire. Now, Roanoke County has decided to end joint operation of its training facilities with city law enforcement agencies. In an editorial Sunday, we'll write that the training fiasco should be a central issue in Sheriff Octavia Johnson's bid for re-election in November.






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