Council approves $643k bullet trap for shooting range

CITY OF SAN MARCOS

The San Marcos City Council approved, five to two, a $643,000 total bullet containment trap for installation at the San Marcos Police Department shooting range at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.

San Marcos Police Chief Stan Standridge said what the council is being asked to approve is a containment system for the shooting range. Normally, it hits a sand area that causes dust to go into the air and expensed lead to ricochet toward the officers (though still remaining in the range). The containment system will catch the bullets and remove the dust from the air.