Chesterfield County Police Department

The Eanes-Pittman Public Safety Training Center

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The Eanes-Pittman Public Safety Training Center is a jointly managed state-of-the-art training facility. This facility has classroom and training areas specifically dedicated for Police Department training, Fire Department training, and shared facilities. These shared facilities are available for other county training. The Police Department has four, forty-student classrooms, three role playing rooms, a Firearms Simulator training room, a Forensic training lab, capabilities for a driving simulator, a vehicle bay, a conference room and administrative offices. Shared facilities include; a physical training area and locker rooms; four shared classrooms with moveable walls that provide multiple configurations for varying size groups; a communications training classroom with the capability to receive Law Enforcement Television Network broadcasts via satellite. This facility was named after retired Fire Chief Robert Eanes and retired Police Chief Joseph E. Pittman, Jr.

Public Safety Training Complex

The Public Safety Training Complex, which is currently under development, is an adjunct training facility to the Eanes-Pittman Public Safety Training Center. It will provide specialized training for police and fire personnel under realistic, yet controlled and safe operating conditions.

The first phase of development, a small arms firing range, has been completed. This range provides an innovative approach to firearms training. The new range accommodates typical target shooting as well as tactical training through the use of moving pneumatic actuated targets. The range used a fluid covered bullet trap that is environmentally friendly and is completely baffled to reduce the chance of stray rounds exiting the range. All targets are electronically controlled from a range control room that has been situated through the use of computer modeling to take full advantage of prevailing winds to reduce airborne contaminants from primer and powder residue. There is also a state-of-the-art classroom for instructional purposes.

Future phases of development will included an emergency vehicle operators training facility with a 1 1/2 mile track, an urban driver training area, a skid pad, facilities for cone courses and a small support building with a classroom. These facilities will permit high quality driver training for sworn officers and will be controlled through state-of-the-art radio frequency technology from a centrally located control tower.

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