LAW CENTER DIRECTOR PRESENTS PLANS TO BOARD

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00244R000100190027-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: June 1, 1972
• Content Type: NSPR

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The Director of Department
of the Treasury's Consolidated
Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center whose expan-
sion is planned on former
Agricultural Research Farm
property addressed members of
Calverton Citizens Association
Board of Directors at the May
board meeting.
William B. Butler opened his
presentation with the remark
that his purpose was not to per-
suade anyone to change his
point of view (the Board had
voted to intervene in the suit
against Treasury and GSA at its
previous meeting).
He stated that despite the
pentling litigation, Treasury is
still committed to the use of the
site and that no alternative had
been chosen; therefore, he said,
he wished to acquaint represen-
tatives ' of surrounding com-
munities with the plans for the
Center and provide background
concerning evolution of the
concept of the consolidated
center.
Butler added that the projcc-
ted center will be about as
"good a neighbor as possible to
attain 'the zoning objective'
sought by local groups." (The
clear implication was that other
uses of the Federal land might
result in denser use and less
care for preservation of green
spaces.)
total 5110-acre site, in-
cluding the 60-acre portion
along the Parkway presently in
use by Secret Service, is it
roughly triangular area boun-
tied by The Baltimore-
Washington Parkway on the
west, Powder Mill Road on the
cast., and the proposed Outer
Beltway on the north.,
A rifle and pistol training
range constructed of sand-lillcd
concrete block in use for some
time can be seen through the
trees along the Parkway; also in
existence there is a facade
simulating a row of buildings
for teaching trainees entrance
and search techniques.-
Proposed additional con-
struction is the "central struc-
ture," which would be the
education and administration-
buildings and the dormitories
to house the 745 students and
50 temporary instructors w?ho
would live on the base.
A permanent staff' of about
540 people--average pay range
$13,793 plus 5% with January,
1972 increase--would probably'
live in the surrounding com-
range will be "regular govern-
ment employees" and would
probably be renters rather titan
buyers, according to Butler.
Permanent administrative and
instructional staff members, GS a
12-14, are seen as becoming the
home buyers who would
probably be attracted from out-
side the area.
The service jobs--cafeteria,
maintenance, etc.--will
"hopefully" be hired from the
community rather than attrac-
ted from elsewhere, thus, in
Butlers estimation, providing
jobs for more unskilled or semi-
skilled area residents.
Also to be constructed is a
driving range to teach high-
speed car handling techniques
to trainees. It will have a cir-
cumference of approximately
5600 feet and will necessitate
clearing about 70 acres of what
is now wooded land.
The noise from the range is
not expected to be a "major fac-
tor" since only two or three
cars would use the range at one
time. 100 feet of treed space
would be left as buffer surroun-
ding the range, supplemented by
broad-leaved evergreens which
are better sound absorbers.
Concerning WSSC denial of
sewer hookup. Butler states that
the center can build its own
plant and treat effluent "to con-
form to legal standards." (The
area now operating will he ser-
viced soon by. Department of
Agriculture via a line now un-
der construction which will
handle 20,000 gallons a day.1
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It would be late in 1974 Other federal agencies witi
before needs would be more "pistol. packin' " officer'
substantial; fully operating, the (Butler is from Texas) were als(
center would need a capacity of' interested in improved trainink
82,000 gallons a day.
Water, Butler said, can be
furnished by two wells. An
engineering report advises that
sufficient water can be found to
provide the requisite 125
gallons per day per person.
.Also part of the site plan is an
artificially-created 20-acre lake
both for aesthetic reasons and
for training- in aquatic-related
activities such as underwater
search and rescue.
Butler emphasized
that aesthetic considerations are
of great importance to the plan-
ning staff of the Center. He says
that the area is designed to have
a psychological impact on the
trainees. The basic principal of
the Center is the "protection of
society," thus it will not have a,
"Marine boot camp at--
mosphere."
Butler terms the artists' con-
ceptions as beautiful buildings,
which will be no more than 70
feet tall and located on the
lowest part of the site, as
requested by Park and Planning
so that they can be hidden by
trees.
The planting of additional
trees has been authorized bet-
ween the Parkway and the
facility and will start pending
Parkway widening plans.
Butler stated that concept of
need for a law enforcement
training center came about after
the assassination of President
John Kennedy. Thus the site
presently in use along the B-W
Parkway was taken over by
Secret Service. (The FBI had
built a training facility at Quan-
tico but said that there was not
room for the training carried
on by other agencies.)
facilities; and as a result of :
cost-effectiveness study bN
Bureau of the Budget, it was
concluded that a consolidated
facility was the most
economically feasible.
The present site was chosen,
Butler stated, because it was
deemed necessary that the Cen-
ter be near the "seat-of-gov-
'ernment" for convenience pur-
poses and the property was
already federally owned. The
recruit program and the AIRS
(Advanced, In-Service,
Refresher, and Special)
programs require a central
location to draw on highly
skilled personnel for in-
struction.
(When questioned as to the
reasons for ruling out Fort
Meade and some federally-
owned land near Gaithersburg
and in Southern Maryland,
Butler stated that he did not
know the specific objections.
Linda Fohs asked him to fur-
nish CCA with copies of the
reports on those sites; to date he
has not done so.)
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