The Fort Polk Directorate of Emergency Services announces the following hours for the installation Visitor Control Center and access control points during the Christmas and New Years holiday season:
• Dec. 24
Visitor Control Center closed.
ACPs 1 (main gate, Louisiana Avenue) and 7 (K Avenue and Alligator Lake) open 24hours.
ACPs 2 (University Parkway, La. Hwy 476 North), 5 (La. Hwy 467 South and La. Hwy 10)and 6 (Chaffee Road at North Fort housing) closed.
•Dec. 25
VCC closed.
ACPs 1 and 7 open 24 hours.
ACPs 2, 5 and 6 closed.
Dec. 26
VCC open 24 hours.
ACPs 1 and 7 open 24 hours.
ACPs 2, 5 and 6 open 5 a.m.-9 p.m.
Dec. 31
VCC closed.
ACPs 1 and 7 open 24 hours.
ACPs 2, 5 and 6 closed.
Jan. 1
VCC closed.
ACPs 1 and 7 open 24 hours.
ACPs 2, 5 and 6 closed.
Jan.2
VCC open 24 hours.
ACPs1 and 7 open 24 hours.
ACPs2, 5 and 6 open 5 a.m.-9 p.m.
Please consider these closure times when coordinating access to the installation for your Family and friends. For more information call (337) 531-2677.
Weapons registration
The Fort Polk Directorate of Emergency Services reminds residents and those who work on or visit the installation that privately owned weapons or firearms, must be registered on post if they are to be brought on the installation for any reason, including, but not limited to the following: sales, hunting, use at Family Morale, Welfare and Recreation ranges, and exhibitions.
The requirement applies whether the weapons are loaded or unloaded, regardless of ammunition availability. This includes rifles, handguns, black powder weapons and historical firearms that may be part of a collection. Personnel residing on Fort Polk have five business days from the time of arrival or acquisition of the firearm to register it with the Visitors Control Center, located just outside of access control point 1 on Louisiana Avenue.
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