DG 1110-3-146
Design Guide: Military Police Facilities
December 1979
General Planning and Design Guidance: General
Chapter 3
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General
the design and construction or acquisition of special
a. INTRODUCTION This chapter provides criteria
facilities and equipment used exclusively for military
which will assist using service and design agency per-
police operation. In all cases, the planning and design
sonnel in the planning and design of military police
of military police facilities must reflect the criteria and
facilities and will aid in the evaluation of functional re-
guidance contained in current and relevant Army regu-
quirements, pre-design concepts and design develop-
lations, technical manuals as well as the general DOD
ment documents. This guidance will also assist using
criteria referenced in this document. It is essential that
service personnel in the preparation and evaluation of
all pertinent MP documents be reviewed by the project
planning and design data required to establish project
coordinator, and operating requirements correlated
need. The general criteria contained in this chapter
with specific design and constructron requirements.
will assist installation, Facilities Engineer and Corps of
Engineers field or district office personnel in determin-
ing the most effective constructron program suitable to
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the development of required Army military police fa-
cilities. Planning and design must be accomplished in
Site Design Considerations
conjunction with Army regulations and DOD criteria
referenced within. This chapter contains governing
a. GENERAL Requirements for site design are dis-
criteria generally applicable to the construction of new
cussed in the following paragraphs. Table 3-1 provides
military police facilities. For projects involving the
a checklist of important considerations which the using
modernization/improvement of existing facilities, this
service must take into account in identifying specific
chapter should be used only as a general reference,
site design considerations. In all cases, sites should be
more specific guidance for such projects is provided
selected in accordance with procedures established in
in Chapter 5, Criteria for Upgrading Existing Facilities.
AR 210-30. Generally, site location should conform to
that established on the installation Master Plan approved
tablishing guidelines for the planning and design of the
total facility and in correlating the various steps and
Table 3-1: Site Design Considerations
activities that are part of this comprehensive planning
and design effort. A thorough understanding and care-
ful use of the General Planning and Design Guidance
should aid in the physical development of an economic,
efficient and functionally effective facility with a life cycle
cost and operating and maintenance features in keep-
ing with the long-term requirements of military police
operations. Use of this guidance will also assist using
service and design agency personnel in coordinating
interior and exterior design requirements while main-
taining a consistently high level of architectural quality
and construction value.
c. REQUIREMENTS To accomplish the planning
and design objectives of individual projects, the using
service must carefully identify functional needs in terms
of specific design elements: site, building, structural
system interior design, furniture and equipment, en-
vironmental services and user information, including,
where need be, detailed specifications for the acquisi-
tion and installation of interior and exterior furniture and
equipment. In addition to providing the necessary MP
operations guidelines and general equipment check-
lists, the using service, with the assistance and coopera-
tion of the design agency, must also provide detailed
performance operation and maintenance standards for
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