Edina approves new police training facility on Brar Boulevard
The Edina City Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit for a new tactical training building at the South Metro Public Safety Training Facility. The facility will serve law enforcement and public safety personnel from Edina, Bloomington, Eden Prairie, and the Metropolitan Airports Commission.
The Edina City Council approved a conditional use permit with a height variance for a new Tactical training building on the south side of the South Metro Public Safety Training Facility on Brar Boulevard. The decision clears the way for construction of a facility designed to enhance training capabilities for regional law enforcement and public safety personnel.
The new building will feature flexible, multi-level design to simulate real-world training scenarios. According to details presented at the meeting, the structure will be primarily one level but include a mezzanine with multiple sets of stairs. Garage doors at each end will allow vehicles to enter for training exercises. About half the building will have movable panels that can be rearranged to replicate residential apartments, commercial properties, and other environments where officers conduct searches and tactical operations.
The facility will be jointly owned and operated by Edina, Bloomington, Eden Prairie, and the Metropolitan Airports Commission. Beyond these agencies, the building will be available for rent to other local and federal law enforcement organizations, expanding its regional impact. Training scenarios will include building searches, use of force techniques, traffic enforcement, and hostage rescue operations.
The approval comes as the South Metro Public Safety Training Facility approaches its 20th anniversary. The new Tactical building represents a significant expansion of the facility's capabilities and is expected to enhance public safety preparedness across the region.
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“a new Tactical training building will be built on the south side of the property on Brar Boulevard with garage doors at each end the majority will be one level but the building will feature a mezzanine with multiple sets of stairs for training scenarios that include a second level”
“about half of the building will have movable panels that can be arranged to simulate a house or commercial property areas where police have to go in and search for hostages drugs and other Contraband they will be able to manipulate those walls to assimilate an apartment or a second floor of a residence”
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[Music] owners of the South Metro Public Safety Training Facility will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the training center and break ground for a new building there later this year a new Tactical training building will be built on the south side of the property on Brar Boulevard with garage doors at each end the majority will be one level but the building will feature a mezzanine with multiple sets of stairs for training scenarios that include a second level three vehicles will be able to drive through and fit in the building at one time which will come in handy for training during winter months about half of the building will have movable panels that can be arranged to simulate a house or commercial property areas where police have to go in and search for hostages drugs and other Contraband they will be able to manipulate those walls to assimilate an apartment or a second floor of a residence with the new Tactical training building they'll have the ability to create a space exactly that size or what they want uh officers that are going into apartment buildings uh private residences commercial buildings Office Buildings um they can create the exact type of scenario they're going to encounter out in the field this building will be used by the training facilities owner agencies Edina Bloomington Eden Prairie and the Metropolitan airports commission other local and federal agencies will be able to rent the new facility for an hourly fee all types of training will be conducted in the building including building searches use of force techniques and traffic enforcement last month the din city council approved a conditional use permit with a height variance for the project
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