I think the issue was setting aside a part of the range for law enforcement use. Actually many of the ranges I go to are that way. No problems at all...
Optical, we may have actually agreed with one another.
The range I used to belong to didn't have a separate area for LEO's, but did have qualifiying times set aside for them, as well as qualifying times set aside for National Guard informal competition teams, security company training, as well as events just for pistol, rifle and shotgun.
Sometimes I loaded up and headed out without first consulting my calander, but in most cases, far from being disappointed at not getting to shoot, I was able to mill around behind the firing lines, make new shooting acquantances, and just generally soak up the atmosphere.
Was fortunate enough to meet a couple of world class LE competitors who shared some darn good shooting tips, a couple of class III tax stamp holders who delighted in initiating someone into "rock and roll" fire, wingshots who helped me improve my odds on the dove field and in the quail coveys...what a list.
I never once saw a problem with these events in terms of damage to property, uncivil behavior, or any of the fears cited above. Then again, most of the LEO's were trained under the watchful (and sometimes baleful) eye of the range owner during his (long) stint as the firearms instructor at the police and Highway Patrol academies. Kind, gentle old guy who made his former trainees quake. lol
The range I belong to now has no separate facilities either, but chances are that if you have any company at all while there, those chances are good that it is going to be either a local LEO or the Chief of Police (a man who I like immensely, and one who treats my son with respect and dignity). He even lets the boy shoot his highly modded .38 Super from time to time. And he treats the range like it was his own living room. What's not to like?