Police officers across Saskatchewan will be able to practise their marksmanship in a modernized gun range thanks to renovations that will be paid for with cash and other property seized from criminals.

The provincial government said Wednesday it will draw more than $280,000 from its criminal property forfeiture fund to overhaul the firing range at Regina Police Service headquarters.

An equal amount will also be provided to the provincial victims’ fund, as required under the Seizure of Criminal Property Act whenever the forfeiture fund is used to finance police operations.

“If we’re able to take some of this money that’s been used for evil and not good, and repurpose it to reduce some of our costs, then I think that that’s a good thing,” acting Regina police chief Lorilee Davies told r

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