PHOTOS: Closer look at Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site

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PHOTOS: Closer look at Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site

A media tour was conducted Friday, May 26, 2023, at the site of Atlanta's proposed police and fire training center.

Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum (right) walks out of an old prison farm building during an Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue media tour of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Officers walk out of an old prison farm building during an Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue media tour of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

An officer walks through a building in the old prison farm during an Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue media tour of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum speaks during a media tour of the site for the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Officers stand in an old prison farm building during an Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue media tour of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

An officer walks through a building at the old prison farm during an Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue media tour of the site for the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

The Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue hosted a media tour of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site on Friday, May 26, 2023. The area seen here will be open to the public and contain an academic building. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

The Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue hosted a media tour of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site on Friday, May 26, 2023. The area seen here will be open to the public and contain an academic building. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

An officer stands in an old prison farm building during an Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue media tour of the site for the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

An officer walks through a building at the old prison farm during an Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue media tour of the site for the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Bob Hughes, principal and founding partner of HGOR, speaks at a media tour of the site for the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center on Friday, May 26, 2023. HGOR is the master planner of the site. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

The Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue hosted a media tour of the site for the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

The Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue hosted a media tour of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site on Friday, May 26, 2023. The wooded area seen here will remain forested, officials say. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum (front left) and Atlanta Fire and Rescue Chief Rod Smith participate in a media tour of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

The Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue hosted a media tour of the site for the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum (right) walks out of an old prison farm building during an Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue media tour of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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