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Through Mayor Buddy Dyer’s three-year,
multi-million dollar Public Safety Initiative the Orlando Police
Department has bolstered the number of officers on the streets,
added new substations throughout the City and invested in tools,
training and technology. The final component of the Public
Safety Initiative is the completion of a new state-of-the-art,
multi-use training facility to ensure our police officers have
the most advanced training to continue keeping Orlando safe.
On Thursday, August 13, Mayor Dyer and Police
Chief Val Demings will officially open the new Orlando Police
Department Training Facility, which will provide Orlando police
officers with advanced training opportunities, including
night-simulated firearms training and scenarios using vehicles,
running targets and traffic stops.
Since Mayor Dyer’s investment in public
safety in 2006, there has been a 62% decline in the number of
homicides year to date in Orlando.
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