The NYPD Rodman's Neck Firing Range is a 54 Acre police training facility operated by The NYPD Firearms and Tactics Section on Rodman's Neck in the Bronx, New York City. It is used for handgun and rifle practice and qualification by the NYPD, the FBI, HSI, New York City Department of Corrections (NYCDOC) and to train probationary police officers, as well as for antiterrorist, disorder control, Emergency Service Units, and OCCB training. The base has 7 rifle ranges with a 230 total firing points for trainees. The base has a school with Lecture Hall & Seven Classrooms with teachers. The base also has training area designed to look like a city neighborhood for practical training exercises. The base possesses one of the World's largest Police Armories and Firearms machine shop for maintenance and experimental weapons development.
The grounds include mock buildings called Urban Training Center /Tactical Village and Tactics House used for urban training scenarios, and a FireArms Training Simulator building (FATS) including an interactive video simulator that was all paid for by the FBI. There is also a specially equipped vehicle armed for disorder control nicknamed "The War Wagon" in case of rioting. The base was used during the 1960s by the National Guard to train riot troops and was an emergency base of operations during the September 11, 2001 attacks. This area is restricted for police and military use only. It has a Helipad and police boat docks.
The area is also used for destroying unexploded bombs. Many bombs have been detonated since 1930, including ones made by George Metesky, the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the Animal Liberation Front and Al-Qaeda. These explosives are always detonated at the southernmost point that juts out into Eastchester Bay in a crater called "The Pit". Around July 2 every year, impromptu impressive volcanic displays are put on as seized illegal fireworks are destroyed.
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