On Friday, January 29, 2016, Deputy Dustin Brock, Deputy Thomas Stege,
Deputy Charrone Reed, Leon County Sheriff’s Explorer Program, and David
Kirk, Florida state advisor with the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP),
conducted a training workshop on speed steel shooting at the Tallahassee
Rifle & Pistol Club for advisors from the Florida Sheriffs Explorer
Association. Twenty five deputy sheriffs from Leon, Hamilton, Charlotte, Broward, Palm Beach,
Manatee, and Saint Lucie counties participated in the training. The
deputies had a great time shooting the steel, and felt the SASP would benefit recruitment and retention. The purpose of the training was to emphasize the safety, fun, and
excitement of shooting modern steel targets. In addition, there was
discussion of how team competition in the shooting sports teaches
responsibility, discipline, leadership, and citizenship values. Based on the workshop, the deputies will now organize and train Explorer
Teams throughout Florida to compete in the SASP and the Florida Law Enforcement Explorer Shooting League. The Florida Law Enforcement Explorer Shooting League was organized by
the Leon County Sheriff’s Post and David Kirk to provide safe, fun, and
constructive shooting activities around the state and national
competition through the SASP. For additional information, please contact David Kirk, SASP State
Advisor, (850) 422-2974, kirk_d@popmail.firn.edu.
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On Friday, January 29, 2016, Deputy Dustin Brock, Deputy Thomas Stege,
Deputy Charrone Reed, Leon County Sheriff’s Explorer Program, and David
Kirk, Florida state advisor with the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP),
conducted a training workshop on speed steel shooting at the Tallahassee
Rifle & Pistol Club for advisors from the Florida Sheriffs Explorer
Association. Twenty five deputy sheriffs from Leon, Hamilton, Charlotte, Broward, Palm Beach,
Manatee, and Saint Lucie counties participated in the training. The
deputies had a great time shooting the steel, and felt the SASP would benefit recruitment and retention. The purpose of the training was to emphasize the safety, fun, and
excitement of shooting modern steel targets. In addition, there was
discussion of how team competition in the shooting sports teaches
responsibility, discipline, leadership, and citizenship values. Based on the workshop, the deputies will now organize and train Explorer
Teams throughout Florida to compete in the SASP and the Florida Law Enforcement Explorer Shooting League. The Florida Law Enforcement Explorer Shooting League was organized by
the Leon County Sheriff’s Post and David Kirk to provide safe, fun, and
constructive shooting activities around the state and national
competition through the SASP. For additional information, please contact David Kirk, SASP State
Advisor, (850) 422-2974, kirk_d@popmail.firn.edu.