📸: Courtesy of Representative Dina Titus
Nevada’s Congressional delegation announced late last week that they were successful in obtaining additional funding for the Public Safety Training Facility campus in the Eldorado Valley. In 2015, the joint partnership between the cities of Boulder City and Henderson opened the facility which boasts six shooting ranges, a driving course for high-speed pursuit training, and an explosives training area. Boulder City Police Officers and other local, state, and federal law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical response personnel, and tactical teams in the Las Vegas Valley train together at the location. The initial cost for the facility was about $10 million in federal funding and the facility sits on 760 acres owned by the City of Boulder City.
In October 2022, Representative Dina Titus toured the facility as she prepared to seek additional funding to expand the site. From Representative Titus’s website, the funding was requested for the following reasons:
Representative Titus submitted a Community Project Funding (CPF) request for the facility in the House FY23 appropriations bill, specifically requesting $1.08 million for the Henderson Police Department to expand the facility. If passed by Congress, the funding will be used to purchase equipment to assemble a “training village.” It will also go towards the purchase of additional training simulator and computer equipment and the enhancement of facility firing ranges. An expansion will also introduce officers to more realistic, scenario-based “real-world” encounters, including learning de-escalation techniques. This was included in the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) appropriations package which passed out of the House Appropriations Committee in June.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen announced thru their offices that more than $2 million was secured for the facility. In fact, $2,049,000 for equipment for Eldorado Valley Regional Public Safety Training Facility in the City of Boulder City was allocated.
“Training and staying up-to-date is critical in law enforcement, both for those responding as well as those in need of our help. This funding will help us maintain our skills and improve our capabilities against real world threats of today,” said Chief Tim Shea. “This training facility is just one example of regional agencies working together long term to successfully develop and maintain critical shared assets to the benefit of all. This Congressional support recognizes our success by providing critical funding that will allow us to continue to evolve our critical training programs to meet ever changing requirements and expectations.”
