{"id":132445,"date":"2026-01-14T01:02:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/132445\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T01:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:02:24","slug":"long-beach-celebrates-grand-opening-of-new-training-academy-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/132445\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach celebrates grand opening of new training academy \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Long Beach Police Department\u2019s rebuilt training facility has made it public debut \u2014 and is ready to take on new recruits.<\/p>\n

The city held a grand-opening ceremony for its recently completed Long Beach Police Training Academy on Saturday, Jan. 10, with officials touting the facilty\u2019s ability to \u00a0train 100 recruits at a time and prepare LBPD for future public safety needs \u2014 including during the upcoming World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

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Police Chief Wally Hebeish stands outside one of the newly completed buildings on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the renovated Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Police Chief Wally Hebeish, left, and Mayor Rex Richardson greet the media on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the newly completed Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Police Department Explorers attend the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the renovated Long Beach Police Training Academy on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Mayor Rex Richardson addresses dignitaries on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the newly completed Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Police Chief Wally Hebeish delivers remarks on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the newly completed Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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City officials attend the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the renovated Long Beach Police Training Academy on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The newly completed Long Beach Police Training Academy includes a fitness center, shown here on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the academy\u2019s facility in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Police Chief Wally Hebeish delivers remarks on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the newly completed Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Surrounded by city leaders, Police Chief Wally Hebeish applauds after Mayor Rex Richardson cut the ribbon on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening of the newly completed Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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A newly completed classroom is ready for recruits on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening of the renovated Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Police Chief Wally Hebeish poses inside a newly completed classroom on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the renovated Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Mayor Rex Richardson address dignitaries on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the newly completed Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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District 4 Councilmember Daryl Supernaw addresses guests on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the newly completed Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Police Training Academy Commander Mike Richens addresses elected officials and city leaders on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the academy\u2019s newly completed facility in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Police Chief Wally Hebeish stands outside one of the newly completed buildings on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the renovated Long Beach Police Training Academy in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The new facility, 7290 E. Carson Blvd., will double the number of recruits that the Police Department currently was able to train in its temporary facility, and \u00a0is anticipated to host the Long Beach Police Department\u2019s Class No. 100.<\/p>\n

The project, which cost about $44 million<\/a>, included constructing a new building that houses showers, lockers and restrooms, and a new academy building with classroom and office spaces. It also included site upgrades to the main parking lot, new storm drains and infiltration systems, landscaping with drop irrigation, and ADA upgrades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Long Beach Police Department\u2019s rebuilt training facility has made it public debut \u2014 and is ready to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,23,131,133,132,137,236],"class_list":["post-132445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-local-news","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}