Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex The new state-of-the-art 108.5 million dollar Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex (PSC) opened in May 2015. The facility located at 505 W. Felix Street in south Fort Worth replaced the former Police and Fire Training Academy and Administrative Offices on Calvert Street a few blocks north of downtown. The complex consists of two restored pre-World War II warehouses repurposed into 500,000 square feet of usable indoor training space. The joint Police & Fire Administration Building is over 61,054 square feet. The facility enables the Police Department to professionalize, modernize, and expand its training capacity, to better train and prepare new officers for real life situations. In the spring of 2016, the Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex opened to the public by becoming the first training facility to host an open house for members of the public. PSC Training Technology and Equipment: Visitors were able to observe some of the extraordinary features inside and outside of the new facility, including: o An indoor firing range including a 50-yard tactical range, 25-yard tactical range, 100-yard rifle range, and a small 25-year range for individual training ($10M- funded by CCPD). o A 30,000 square foot indoor tactical training mock village which simulates a city streetscape, a school, a bank, a residential building, a gas station, an office, and an apartment.
Administration Building
Weapons Range
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
o The emergency vehicle driving course o Over 40 acres of outdoor training space o Numerous stadium style and normally configured classrooms for recruits and in- service classes o An 8-story fire training building o The FD smokehouse and dive training facility
FWPD held a ribbon cutting ceremony in September 2015. Ceremony speakers included Mayor Betsy Price, Councilmember Ann Zadeh, the Assistant City Manager Valerie Washington, Fort Worth Police Chief, and Fire Chief. The name of the complex is in honor of Bob Bolen, the longest-serving mayor in the history of the City of Fort Worth.
Aerial of Felix Facility
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