Perkins+Will Focuses on Best Practices for Law Enforcement Facilities
Police training methods are consistently making headlines nationally, and law enforcement methods across the country are being carefully scrutinized. Alongside these enforcement method critiques is an opportunity for architects and interior designers to think about how police academies can be reshaped to better serve their users. Global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will, behind such projects as the New York Police Academy, the Toronto Police Service Training Facility and the Los Angeles Rampart Station, is busy positioning itself as a global authority on the underlying issues within law enforcement facilities, as well as best practices for these spaces. Janice Barnes, Ph.D., of Perkins+Will, recently coauthored the white paper, “21st Century Training: Planning Principles.” “A wave of big thinking is now reshaping how police learn and work,” said Ms. Barnes, in the report. “Everything from open plan workplaces and GPS applications to social media use and predictive policing are being brought …
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