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By Barbara Doepping Thirteen years ago, in 1996, the Fresno Police Department examined the state of their training department and found their quarters cramped, inadequate and outdated. The facility was no longer adequate to provide sufficient in-service training for their hundreds of officers who must each year meet the State of California mandates and the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) standards.  The Police Department needed a plan to develop a The Interact Business Group (IBG) was pleased to be chosen to write the strategic plan for the new training center. An in-depth, complete needs assessment of the training population size and the training hours required (at both current and anticipated future training levels) was completed. Federal, state and local police training standards were identified. The completed assessment identified each required training class, total training hours, number of students for each class, training presentation levels, training facilities needed and funding alternatives. Studies also revealed a significant amount of money was being spent each year to send officers to classes; both in and out-of-town. Expenses were for hotel rooms, class tuition, car rentals, per diem costs, airfare and overtime expenses, and covering an officer's position while away. The Department expects to reduce costs by holding training classes at their own facility.  Consequently there was cause for celebration when the Fresno City Council recently approved (12/08) the $15 million dollar training facility, and the long-awaited ground-breaking ceremony was held with Police Chief Jerry Dyer, Mayor Alan Autry, Council President Blong Xiong and others in attendance. The training center will be built on approximately 80 acres of land. Per Project Coordinator Wynn Mooney: “Instead of just hiring one General Contractor to build the project, we went 'multi-prime' on the bidding process, meaning that the project was broken down into 16 different bid packages. For those 16 bids, we ended up with approximately 180 different contractors from all over California and Nevada bidding on the project. Bids will be opened next week and the selection process for each bid package will begin. Once contractors for each package have been selected, everything will go before City Council and the City Attorney for final approval. "The facility will have six 50-yard ranges that will all have state of the art target systems. There is also a 200-yard range with a three-story sniper tower at the front of the range. This tower will allow SWAT Team snipers to shoot from different elevations and also to repel from the top of the tower into side windows located on each floor.
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Plan to attend President Bill Booth’s presentation on strategic and funding strategies for the Adams County Sheriff’s Training Center TRAINING ARTICLES NRA Range Development and Operations Conference Sheriff’s officials complete jail training SWAT officer injured in training Report blames Volusia County for 2007 firefighter training death Review of officers' deaths could bring changes in training Town Buys Lot To Block It As Training Center Site Foundation grant funds police training Bainbridge Fire Dept. steps up to fight cancer in Columbia Center climb Legislators set to tackle issue of training for first responders during times of mental stress Police Recruits Learning Swimming, Rescue Skills Volunteer Firefighters May Get Help Paying For EMS Training Police train to shoot to end threat Police training pays off in potentially lethal standoff Training key in police calls to mentally ill Emergency responders get Law Enforcement Preparing for High Crime Months Law Officers Learn Of Human Trafficking Thirty police canine teams converge on campus $4.2 Million Facility to Improve Firefighting Efficiency Testing tactics Agencies partner up for training Boston lagging in firetruck driver training Police gaining crisis skills Safety during firearms training important factor Active shooter policy Safety institute gets $150K from recent federal spending bill New shooting range crucial for safety Law Enforcement Deal With Loss Firefighter earns Arson Investigator title Ground broken for new state trooper training center Armed Suspect Wounded After Shooting At Eglin Security Forces Help a Firefighter Out Sniffing out danger all in a day's work for County Sheriff's Department dogs
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