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Rodman's Neck, a.k.a. the Range, where the life you save may be your own.

There isn’t a police officer or Academy recruit in the city who isn’t familiar with Rodman’s Neck. Some may not be sure of the street location of the 74 Pct. in Brooklyn or the 107 Pct. in Queens, but nobody needs a map to the isolated compound in the northeast Bronx adjacent to City Island. If you haven’t been to the 54 acres that were once part of Pelham Bay Park and that have served as the NYPD’s chief firing range for the better part of six decades, you aren’t wearing blue.

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