GREEN LEVEL — Alamance Community College recently held a ceremony to celebrate the upcoming construction phase for the new $19.9 million Public Safety Training Center and Firing Range.
College administrators, public officials and law enforcement professionals attended the symbolic ceremony held at Green Level Municipal Park, a short distance from the 91-acre tract where the building will stand.
ACC’s new Public Safety Training Center and Firing Range will be the only such regional facility in central North Carolina, Sheriff Terry Johnson said. It will provide rigorous training, including the use of simulation technology, for the college’s Basic Law Enforcement Technology students, as well as law enforcement personnel and first-responders from across the state.
The plans for the Public Safety Training Center received a boost last year with a $5.5 million appropriation from the N.C. General Assembly in the 2023-24 state budget to pay for the indoor firing range, which previously lacked full funding. Construction begins this spring and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2025.