DG 1110-3-146
Design Guide: Military Police Facilities
December 1979
Example Designs for Army Military Police Facilities: Illustrative Example A
Provide adequate paved area within secure fence
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Provide "visual approach corridors".
for occasional guard mount inspection.
Provide angled paving at walk corners.
Locate primary activity identification sign for easy
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8' high wall to screen critical areas.
visibility by oncoming vehicular and pedestrian
traffic
Provide 4' wide area between at walkways.
Provide designated or reserved stalls in public and
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Provide directional signs that separate traffic.
staff parking areas for handicapped personnel.
Locate evergreen trees to protect building from
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Designated "official reserved parking" in public
the effects of prevailing winds.
and staff parking areas.
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Locate shade trees on south side of building.
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Provide service access area with a wide turning
radius for rear unloading.
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Locate planting areas to break-up expanse of pav-
ing in large parking areas.
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Locate large shade trees on perimeter of parking
areas as a buffer for paved areas.
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Locate planting to screen views into military police
operational areas.
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Locate shade trees along edges of "visual ap-
proach corridors" at main public access points.
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Locate shrubs or ground cover in areas too small
to be maintained as lawn.
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Provide shade trees on south and west sides of
site to screen direct sunlight.
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Provide mowing strips along shrub beds, walls,
and fences to reduce maintenance.
Provide low shrubs where unobstructed view is
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required.
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Provide pedestrian walkway lights.
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Provide landscaping at police entrances to en-
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Provide general roadway and parking lights.
frame access points and to soften visual impact in
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transitional spaces.
Provide security floodlighting for MP areas located
for unobstructed surveillance by pole mounted
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Locate small shade trees in parking areas to screen
CCTV cameras.
reflected sunlight.
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Provide additional landscaping to establish desired
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Locate evergreen trees along site boundary or
character.
perimeter of buffer zone.
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Provide drop-off zone adjacent to main entry.
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Preserve existing or undisturbed natural land-
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scape.
Provide bollards to control traffic, identify drop-off
zones, and allow curb-free access by the handi-
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Provide earth berms as visual screens.
capped.
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Provide security fencing for operations.
Site Development
Considerations
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