Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Stuart O. Simms, and Superintendent of Maryland State Police, Colonel David B. Mitchell today opened the first phase of the department's new driver training and emergency tactical training facility in Carroll County. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. This complex will have immediate and future benefits for all of us.
Improved training is at the heart of improving the criminal justice system.
The first phase of the Public Safety Training Center, the driver training facility, will greatly reduce deaths, personal injuries, lost productivity and insurance expenditures associated with police motor vehicle accidents. The facility is designed to train Maryland state agency criminal justice agents who currently are trained at various facilities across the State. In addition, various local law enforcement personnel will be able to use the facility for advanced training that is either unavailable at their own academies or that lack the sophisticated equipment the new facility will offer. If we are going to continue to reduce crime, improve our services to citizens, and reduce fear of crime, then the men and women of the criminal justice system must have the best instruction available. Without it, you are not going to accomplish your goals.