When I was but a youngster in the early Sixties (the Ninteen Sixties, Daddy) and a Boy Scout (!) we used to go once a month to shoot at the police gun range located in the remote Rodman's Neck section of The Bronx. I don't know whether this was standard practice at the time (before they realized that kids might be better off not learning this skill,) or if our Troop Leader had some kind of "in" with the NYPD (looking back, he was some sort of early paramilitary survivalist nut and spent a lot of time hanging out at the local precinct.)
The target used was a human form of a thug-like white guy, half-crouching with a gun. Well, it is still in use today, known professionally as "Advanced Silhouette SP-83A". There is a great article about who the drawing might have been modeled after in the NY Times:
Cops' Favorite Target...
Oh, BTW, I got some kind of award then for the most "kills". Go figure.