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Brownsburg police and town leaders begin planning new training facility on acquired Mardale Drive property
Summary
Police officials said the Town of Brownsburg has acquired land near Mardale Drive and has begun early-stage planning to relocate and consolidate town services, with consideration of a new police training facility.
Brownsburg police officials told the Police Commission March 11 that the Town of Brownsburg has acquired a parcel of land off Mardale Drive, between Mardale and County Road 600 East, and the town and police leadership have begun preliminary planning to consolidate municipal services and develop a modern police training facility on that site.
Major Andy Watts said the town garage and a water-treatment facility currently occupy a large plot nearby and that the town’s goal is to consolidate services into a more streamlined, modern location. He said the discussions are in infancy: acreage and final uses were not specified and no project timeline was presented.
Watts said department leaders have had initial meetings with town leadership and scheduled visits to several jurisdictions across northern and central Indiana and southern Indiana that have built new training facilities in the last five to seven years. The department’s training coordinator, Sergeant Folts, has been tasked with coordinating visits and gathering facility designs, “so we don’t reinvent the wheel,” Watts said.
Commissioners asked no substantive questions at the meeting; Watts emphasized the project is a long-term undertaking requiring “a sufficient amount of planning” and said the town seeks to capture ideas, footprints and operational needs before committing to construction.
No budget figures, acreage, site plans or formal vote were presented at the March 11 meeting. An update will be provided to the commission as planning progresses.
