The new public safety building for the Brentwood Police Department officially opened in April 2021.  The 56,000 square foot building is located at 910 Heritage Way and will allow the department to exist in its own dedicated facility located more centrally to the community. This facility is an example of a complex building which aggregates a variety of users and space types into a consolidated and clearly organized environment.  The building accommodates all police divisions under one roof including, patrol administration, criminal investigations, training and the city’s dispatch center for fire and police. Citizens will be able to easily access police records and a community room, which doubles as a municipal courtroom, from the public lobby facing Heritage Way.

 A 2,200 square foot municipal courtroom will also be in the building.  At $29 million dollars, it is the city’s largest capital project in the city’s history.   The property where the headquarters is located was acquired by the City in the late 1990s as part of the development of the adjacent Heritage senior living facility.    The Brentwood Police Department moved into the current City Hall location in 1987 and over the years quickly outgrew the space.   

Community Contributions

Williamson County donated $1.2 million toward the building. An ambulance and its team for the county will be stationed at an ancillary structure on site.  Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson said, “Public Safety is one of the most important aspects of a community.  Facilities such as this provide law enforcement and public safety personnel the opportunity to train with state-of-the art equipment to be the most prepared and respond to our community when they are most needed.”   Community supporter and resident Bill Akin donated $50,000 to the construction of this project.  “Mr. Akin’s generous donation was used to purchase fitness equipment.  A plaque with Akin’s name hangs at the entrance of the Fitness Room named in his honor,” said Chief Hughes.  Akin has committed to donate and additional $50,000 to Brentwood Police Department at the time of his passing.

At the back of the building and near the employee entrance stands a memorial wall to honor those like fallen Officer Destin Legieza, who was killed while on duty by a drunk driver in June 2020. Other names of department retirees who have served more than twenty years are also chiseled onto the monument.  A bronze lion sculpture sits on granite base that overlooks the memorial wall to symbolize the protective role of law enforcement officers and convey the strength, courage and valor that are hallmarks of those who serve and protect. In less than two weeks, the community raised the $45,000 for the statue, through private donations and a large donation from Kimbro Oil and Tri-Star Energy.   

Photo courtesy of www.360Nash.com

Building Design Highlights

• Most of the building will serve the Brentwood Police with departmental offices and modern laboratory environments offering new investigative capabilities
• The classroom, defensive tactics, virtual scenario simulation, and firearms range will serve as resources for Brentwood and other area agencies
• An entirely new emergency dispatch center includes room to expand functionality for the coming decades
• There is a multi-function area featuring an open lobby, public records access, and a municipal court / community room which will provide a new point of public interaction for the city
• An ancillary structure on the grounds will serve as a new emergency services station for a team of first responders and ambulance

• administrative offices and open offices
• classrooms
• community room
• defensive tactics and visual scenarios simulation
• firearms range
• laboratory
• emergency call center
• open lobby
• public records access
• municipal court

About the Contractors

Brentwood based, The Parent Company, is the contractor responsible for the building’s construction.

The Architect Workshop provided both space programming and architectural design for the Brentwood Police Department.