Every year, summer campers visit the secluded Camp Virgil Tate in the northwest corner of the county to explore nature, ride horses and make friends.

Just over the hill is another kind of camp experience, this one for law enforcement officers. Download PDF

Every year, more than 40 law enforcement agencies visit the 600-acre Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Training Center to hone their firearm skills in a secluded forest area.

The training center features a handgun range, a rifle range, an area to practice firing through a vehicle windshield and a building where officers can practice real-life scenarios without lethal ammunition. Law enforcement officers can also use the wooded area to practice tracking and K-9 skills.

However, the facility — which is used by office

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