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Video: Key details on the Atlanta police training center

By Joseph Ferguson
June 5, 2023

Five things to know about Atlanta’s public safety training center.Years in the making: In April 2021, then-Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a plan to build a police training facility.Who is The APF: The Atlanta Police Foundation is the nonprofit involved in the private-public partnership with the city to build the training center.A dark history: During the 20th century, inmates produced food for the region’s prison system on the site of the planned facility.South River Forest: The planned site of the training center is located on 380 acres of Atlanta-owned land in southwestern DeKalb County.Moving Day: Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said he is confident that the department will officially move into the space by the end of 2024
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