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Designated Woodstock Police Officers now equipped with riffles

Some front line Woodstock Police officers will now be equipped with riffles.

The force says they recently purchased the C8 patrol carbine riffles from a disbanding police service and they will be used during general patrol duties.

They add that they were purchased to keep the initiative as cost-effective as possible and Woodstock Police Service Inspector Marci Shelton says in a press release that “many services across the province carry similar weapons” and the forces “containment team members have been carrying the carbine for years.”

Eight officers were chosen to carry the weapons and they went through an extensive training program to be prepared.

Shelton adds “With better accuracy, these weapons are a safer alternative in situations involving active shooters and barricaded subjects.”

Casey Kenny
Casey Kenny
A graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at Loyalist College, Casey has worked in newsrooms across the country for 20 years. Stops along his radio adventure include Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, North Bay, Stratford and now Kemptville. Casey is also a veteran play-by-play announcer and is the Voice of the Kemptville 73's Hockey Team. A proud uncle of eight nieces and nephews, Casey is happy to call Kemptville home now.

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