Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott was in Dubbo on Tuesday along with Dubbo MP Dugald Saunders, Western Region Commander Assistant Commissioner Brett Greentree to reveal what the development would look like.

The facility is set to be located within the emergency services precinct at the Dubbo Regional Airport, and will welcome thousands of police officers each year for mandatory firearm and armed offender simulation training.

Announced in February 2019 by former Police Minister Troy Grant, the facility is expected to ensure the NSW Police Force has the best trained first responders in Australia.

The new facility will include a live firing range, digital learning platforms, simulation suites and agile lecture facilities, creating an essential infrastructure base to support specialist instructors to deliver probationary, mandatory, fundamental, specialist and leadership training for front line police officers.

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"The tragedy of modern policing is we do have to train those 17,000 officers in the role of active armed offender. There's no nice or pleasant way of saying that, that is just part of the nature of policing in a modern society," Mr Elliott said.

"But what we can be reassured with, is this facility will see them train towards the worlds best practice, with the use of technology, the use of new vocation and training regime."

Western Region Commander, Assistant Commissioner Brett Greentree said the new facility would be a "game changer" for the wider region.

"The western region covers approximately 70 per cent of the state, so the opportunity for our officers to come to Dubbo alleviating the need to travel to places like Newcastle, Sydney or Goulburn for this first class training is just absolutely significant to policing in the western region," he said.

Mr Saunders said the facility would also add to the growing emergency services hub taking shape at the Dubbo airport precinct - which is currently home to the NSW Rural Fire Service training complex, NSW State Emergency Service and the Volunteer Rescue Association.

"This precinct is really developing now as being the emergency services precinct in the heart of NSW and Dubbo is the perfect place to host that," Mr Saunders said.

The new training academy is also expected to generate jobs through the initial site preparation and subsequent construction, as well as ongoing supply and maintenance.

"To the local economy, this $35 million investment is for your benefit as well," Mr Elliott said.

"As we trade our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, as we respond and certainly recover from the drought and the bushfires, this sort of government spend is there to stimulate local economic activity, create jobs, and of course ensure people see Dubbo as a worthwhile space to settle, bring up families, create jobs and indeed make a positive commitment to the community."

The facility is expected to be completed in December 2022.