900 old Deputy Pub- Ray Spruell the |arrange for an if needed prior $ arraignment. onday, the pub- s office was ap- epresent Suda- , of Bakersfield, ‘was arrested possession of a substance and fa radar detec- rosecuting At- 1am Jones said oped for a ran- carrier inspec- eigh station on 0 between Van Ima. h gave consent trailer, Arkan- Police Officer r found 30 AL lets and about ! pills, Graham et Singh's bond Press Arcus-CourieR (photo by LAREIGN WARD Alma Police Chief Russell White (left) and Patrol Officer Daniel Mahan accept two new select fire TR-15 CQB carbine rifles from THOR Global Defense Group president and CEO Larry Knesek (second from left) and THOR director of business develop- ment Max Rodriguez Friday at the Alma Police Department, Rifles donated to APD by LAREIGN WARD Press Argus-Couries Staff Alma Police Department can now offer each police officer a rifle, thanks to a donation made last week by a local firearms manu- facturer, THOR Global Defense Group presented two se- lect fire TR-15 CQB car rifles to Alma Police Chief Russell White on Friday. White said that brings the number of rifles owned by the department to 12, more than enough for each of the ll full-time officers. The l2th rifle is older and will be used as a backup, White said. ‘THOR is the sister com- pany of Knesek Guns, an international firearms dis- tribution company and sis- ter company located in the same Van Buren office com- plex as THOR. Max Rodriguez, director of business development for THOR, said the com- pany already had a working relationship with Alma Sgt, Brett Hartley, and after find- ing out the department had need, decided to go ahead and donate the rifles, which would have cost Alma around $3,000 otherwise, “This gives us a more versatile armory to choose from,” White said. He said some incidents call for po- lice to respond with a rifle rather than a shotgun, and now officers can keep both in their squad cars, Hartley is a member of Alma police's special re- sponse team, and White said THOR also performs some service work on Al- ma’s weapons. THOR president and CEO Larry Knesek said the weapons donation alsa in- cludes a free carbine train- ing course at THOR's fa- cility. THOR also provides free range memberships to any law enforcement officer with proper credentials. “We're here in support of our local law enforcement and military and hope to continue working close! to ensure that the men and women who protect us have the best equipment possible to do their jobs,” Knesek said in a news release.