Pittsburgh City Council approved $1.8 million to plan a comprehensive public safety training facility that has sparked public concern about police militarization, city spending and racial disparities in policing. After deferring the vote three times, council presented an amendment on Sept. 17 to the master plan contract with development firm Henningson, Durham and Richardson [HDR]. A Pittsburgh police car sits on the proposed site of a public safety training campus on July 24, in Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar. Current fire classroom facilities on Washington Boulevard are in a flood plain, said Lee Schmidt, director of the Public Safety Department. “Public safety is not just police.”Correction (9/17): Final approval of the bill is expected next week.