The Nebraska State Patrol's 44th Basic Recruit Class is about to undergo a firearms challenge course. The recruits are in the fourth week of their twenty one week training schedule. This week the training focuses on firearms.
Recruits spend several days learning weapon safety, maintenance, and skills.
Any media interested in covering the firearms challenge course should arrange it with one of the contacts listed above. There are 29 recruits from Nebraska and Iowa attending the camp. Throughout the twenty one weeks, recruits undergo intensive training on a wide variety of subjects including motor vehicle and criminal law, explosives recognition, drug identification, defensive tactics, firearm skills, and stress management, to name just a few.