Law Enforcement Training ​Center (LETC​)

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Location

UNT Dallas campus (20 acres)

Status

Design Complete

What is this project?

The Law Enforcement Training Center is a project for the Dallas Police Department (DPD) located on the UNT Dallas Campus to replace and modernize the department’s current training facilities. The LETC will occupy 20 acres on the UNT Dallas campus and is planned to include:

  • Classrooms and administrative space
  • Basic Peace Officer courses for new recruits, taught in coordination with the UNT Dallas Criminal Justice Center
  • In-service training for current officers
  • Reality-based training areas
  • Health and fitness areas
  • Site work needed to facilitate the buildings, including utilities, landscaping, and dedicated parking​

Overview

What is currently funded?

Limited sitework, Basic Recruit classrooms, reality-based training building for recruits, and physical training pavilion using existing funding.

What is the $82M remaining needed for?

In Service Officer classroom & reality-based training building, the Criminal Justice Center, remaining sitework, fixtures, furnishings and equipment.

$227M

Total project cost

$145M

Amount already committed (2024 Bond Program, state grants, and private funds)​

$82M

Amount proposed for the Nov. 2026 Bond

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Funding Sources

The $227 million total project cost draws on multiple funding sources. The table below shows what has already been committed and what the proposed November 2026 Bond would provide.

  • $50M

    2024 Bond Program

    (already approved by voters)

  • $25M

    State grants

  • $31.5M

    Private funds

    Committed

  • $38.5M

    Private funds

    Pending

  • $82M

    Proposed Nov. 2026 Bond

    (unfunded portion)

  • $227M

    Total Project Cost

How This Fits Into the November 2026 Ballot

The $82 million unfunded portion of this project would be funded through City of Dallas Proposition A — Public Safety Facilities, a proposed $443 million general obligation bond authorization. Proposition A is also proposed to fund several other public safety facility projects not covered in this fact sheet, including a Public Safety Training Complex (PSTC), Emergency Operations Center/911 Facility, a consolidated DPD Property Room, Evidentiary Vehicle Storage Facility and Crime Lab, and Fire Station No. 4 replacement.

Total amount being considered by the voters is $443M for Proposition A. Under Texas law, the official ballot language for this proposition is required to state: “This is a tax increase”; however, the city’s tax rate will not increase related to this bond program. The estimated repayment for all of Proposition A, including principal and interest, is $629,618,180 over a term not to exceed 20 years.

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