Deputies worried about range safety?

Just how worried about range safety are deputies of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department?

Feedback from some deputies is that they are concerned about participating in the current training shoot and fear for their safety.

Despite the "accident", is it a topic that is not to be discussed at the Sheriff's office? Word is that the training that was to commence immediately after the SWAT training was not delayed in any way.

So, how was the "scene" protected after the deputy was injured?

One would think that the range would have been shut down and training suspended, pending a thorough investigation to ensure all is safe.

Last year I began meeting neighbors of the range who are very upset to have a shooting gallery in their back yards (or front yards, as the case may be). They are concerned about their safety and also about the ground and ground water pollution from the amount of lead left on the ground. You'd think that the Illinois EPA would be out there taking sample and kicking butts, but apparently it isn't.

Those pollution concerns have fallen on deaf ears at the County level, as far as the neighbors are concerned.

Will some of the deputies complain to OSHA or other workplace safety organizations?

Isn't it a shame that deputies would feel that they must risk going "outside" to have their safety concerns addressed? It should be enough to raise the flag inside the Department and to have confidence that every safety concern would be adequately addressed.