The Gastonia Police Department is pleased to announce that they will be hosting their 2nd Annual Sniper Conference,on September 9-13, 2008, at the Gastonia Police Firearms & Training Center. This five day marksmanship competition, attended by some of the world's best law enforcement and military sniper teams, is one of only a handful of nationwide sniper competitions for elite sniper teams used to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and hostage-taking.

Last year's competition was a huge success and exceeded our expectations with17 teams from as far away as Trinidad and well over 900 spectators. With the experience participants walked away with great training and prizes. This year we plan to increase our teams, quadruple our spectators, as well as add a civilian shoot and workshop to the event lineup.