Department Initiatives—Operations
Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex
The new state-of-the-art Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex (PSC) opened in full in May. The facility located at 505 W. Felix Street in south Fort Worth replaces the former police and fire training academy on Calvert Street north of downtown and also includes Police and Fire Administrative offices. The complex consists of two pre-World War II warehouses that have been repur- posed into 500,000 square feet of indoor training space. The new joint Po- lice & Fire administration building is 61,054 square feet. The facility ena- bles the Police Department to modernize, enhance, and expand training ca- pacity to be prepared for real life situations.
PSC Training Technology and Equipment
Some features of the new training facility include:
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 Weapons Range was funded by CCPD.) 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. Emergency vehicle driving course 40 acres of outdoor training space Numerous classrooms for recruits and in-service classes 8-story fire training building Dive training facility
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in September 2015. Ceremony speakers included Mayor Betsy Price, Councilmember Ann Zadeh, Assistant City Manager Valerie Washington, and the Fort Worth Police Chief and Fire Chief. The complex is named in memory of Bob Bolen, the longest-serving mayor of Fort Worth. Members of the Bob Bolen family attended the ceremony.
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