Plano approves $42M agreement for new Police Training Center

Plano City Council approved a $42 million contract for a construction manager-at-risk for the city's new Police Training Center at a meeting Nov. 9.

In a nutshell

The new training center will replace the current 21,904-square-foot facility along 14th Street with a larger, 33,000-square-foot facility per city documents. The new facility will have:

• Cadet classrooms

• A tactical training facility

• An indoor 25-lane firing range

• A gym and locker room

• Emergency Vehicle Operations Course, or EVOC, classroom

• Concrete pad for the EVOC classroom

The funds for the construction manager-at-risk contract are used for pre-construction services like design, reviews, planning and construction, per city documents.

Director of Special Projects Peter Braster said $42 million is the maximum budget for the project, but only $42,000 has been approved for the pre-construction phase.

The background

Plano City Council approved the design contract for the facility May 11, per previous reporting. The new facility will be constructed with funds from the May 2025 bond election, with $51 million of the $647 million allocated for training center renovations.

The current training center was constructed in 1990 and has never been renovated, per previous reporting.