Police at Wilmington, Del., improve their marksmanship by “shooting it out” with a mechanical-bandit target that hides in the shadows and shoots back if the officer exposes himself. The target, a life-size figure of a bandit, teaches self-defense in a shooting battle under adverse conditions. Cut from quarter-inch steel plate, it hangs from a trolley permitting it to be moved from side to side across the range by remote control. Details of its construction were supplied by The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Washington, D. C. A revolver mounted at the back of the “bandit” fires a blank cartridge when the concealed operator pulls a rope. As in a dark alley, the ppliceman’s aim is guided by the gun flashes and shadows in the dim light, and he has the benefit of two walls and a tree behind which to conceal himself as he creeps up on his adversary. In front of the figure is a circular target with a hole in the center. This is the bull's eye, which rings a bell when struck by a bullet.