The new Atlanta Public Safety Training Center will reimagine law enforcement training and Police/Fire Rescue community engagement. Building the Center will:
- Improve morale, retention, recruitment and training for APD and AFR professionals and ensure that Atlanta attracts and motivates those most highly committed to careers in law enforcement
- Set a national standard for community engagement, neighborhood sensitivity and devotion to the civil rights of all citizens by law enforcement
- Embrace police reform and cultural sensitivity through an extensive training and educational partnership with the National Center for Civil & Human Rights
- Facilitate collaboration and joint training between Atlanta’s police, fire/rescue agencies and their local, state and federal partner agencies
- Welcome the community to its public spaces, including walking paths, picnic areas, a working Community Garden and weekly Farmers Market
Facilities will include:
- Walking trails, picnic areas and public access greenspace
- 30 acres for urban farming
- Auditorium for police/fire and public use
- Stables and 40 acres of pastureland for Mounted Patrol
- Modular classroom and administration building
- EVOC course for emergency vehicle driver training: Fire engines, ambulances, police patrol cars
- Mock City for burn building training and urban police training
- K-9 unit kennel AND TRAINING
- Emergency Operations Center for collaborative law enforcement training
- Atlanta Police Leadership Institute
- Atlanta Fire/Rescue Academy
- Atlanta Police Academy
- Multi-use gymnasium for police, fire/rescue officers
