COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho —

The Coeur d’Alene Police Department is planning to build a new training facility.

The project, estimated not to exceed $145,000, received the go-ahead from the Coeur d’Alene City Council this week.

“The biggest liability to a city is untrained officers,” said Councilor Christie Wood, a retired police sergeant. “We can’t let that happen here.”

According to a city report, the police department needs space to conduct force-on-force training and realistic scenarios for about 100 officers and specialty units such as K-9 and SWAT.

Streets and Engineering, fire and police currently share the 3800 Ramsey campus, but it's not enough.

"The expanding needs for space for each Department has prompted a collaborative discussion, planning, and redesign of our campus to best a

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