Lewis v. Department of Law Enforcement

PORTER, Justice.

On June 15, 1954, and for seven years prior thereto, appellant was a state policeman employed by the State Department of Law Enforcement and stationed in the vicinity of Idaho Falls. On the date in question, he was attending the annual state convention of the Idaho Peace Officers at McCall, Idaho. It was part of his duty as a state policeman to attend this convention and to participate in its activities.

Among other activities, such state convention conducts competitive pistol shooting on a pistol range. The firing course consists of shooting eighty rounds from various stations…