Dallas Police have given an update on how much a new Academy at the University of North Texas at Dallas will cost.
The Dallas City Council Public Safety Committee heard about the new cost and timeline on Monday.
The new training facility would be adjacent to a nature area, athletic fields and could have access to dormitories for recruits. Planners say it would be state of the art.
The cost will be around $150 million. Most of that money will come from private donations.
Council Members were pleased with the University partnership that is envisioned but disappointed the project will take years.
The Dallas City Council recently extended the lease on the existing police academy near Dallas Executive Airport that was first rented 32 years ago as a temporary police academy.
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