GROTON -- Concerned with what they believe has been an increase in activity at a shooting range on town-owned land adjacent to the Department of Public Works garage, residents of the Cow Pond Brook Road neighborhood have protested its continued use by the Police Department.
"The police department began using the range right after the DPW garage was built about 15 yeas ago," said Hoyts Wharf Road resident Andrea Murdock. "Before that, they were using the field that belonged to Ben Black and just local police were using that one."
Since then, however, Murdock claims that the Groton Police Department has invited police from departments all over Massachusetts to use the range with an increase in the level and duration of noise created by the use of automatic weapons and even stun grenades.
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"The police department began using the range right after the DPW garage was built about 15 yeas ago," said Hoyts Wharf Road resident Andrea Murdock. "Before that, they were using the field that belonged to Ben Black and just local police were using that one."
Since then, however, Murdock claims that the Groton Police Department has invited police from departments all over Massachusetts to use the range with an increase in the level and duration of noise created by the use of automatic weapons and even stun grenades.
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