(a) The Board of Public Safety is authorized:

(1) To establish, operate, and maintain the Georgia Public Safety Training Center for the purpose of providing facilities and programs for the training of state and local law enforcement officers, firefighters, correctional personnel, and others; and

(2) To do all things and take any action necessary to accomplish such purpose, including, but not limited to, the promulgation of rules and regulations relative thereto.

(b) The board is authorized and directed to select a site for the center.

(c) The board shall select the administrator of the center and establish the compensation for the administrator.