EDMOND —
A hint of how the Public Safety Center’s architectural appearance was revealed this week by Police Chief Bob Ricks at the Community Oriented Policing Leadership Council. The $25.5 million PSC will be located at the City of Edmond Administration Building, 100 E. First St.
“I think it’s going to be a very attractive building for Edmond,” Ricks said. “… They tried to look at the better looking buildings downtown — the Forensic Science Institute, the OSBI laboratory and some of the other buildings for a concrete and brick combination. It has kind of an older look but a modern look.”
A multi-purpose room will hold up to 90 people with the ability to partition off parts of the room, he said. Public and police meetings could occur there at the same time with a secure and non-secure entryway.
There will be a welcome feeling of openness to visitors. The PSC will have a lot of glass with the entry way rising three stories, Ricks said.
“Our goal is that we want the public to feel this is a place they can come to,” he said.
Ricks said it’s likely that the jail and dispatch will be constructed underground. There will be 10 male cells and three female cells with double occupancy available. A suicide prevention cell, one for men and another for women also will be built with close surveillance.
“We will also have a drunk tank for people on alcohol charges and we need to get them secured until they sober up,” he said.
Architectural design work of the building continues before one last meeting with the City Council for approval. The project will then go out to bid with further approval needed by the council. Late spring is the target date before the bids will be approved, Ricks said. Construction should take 18 months to two years to open in early 2015, he added.
PSC parking downtown would be available at the east end of the complex under an agreement with First Christian Church for the shared use of that parking during business hours. Additional parking will be located just south of the City First building is a vacant drive-up bank facility to be razed that is now owned by the City of Edmond.
Edmond voters approved a half-cent sales tax in October to build a $25.5 million Public Safety Center. The Public Safety Center will combine the Edmond Police Department with Central Communications and Emergency Management into a new 75,000-square-foot building.
“Everything we’ve heard from the City Council so far has been extremely supportive,” Ricks said. “We have a lot of people there that are very supportive of law enforcement.”
Ricks said he expects the building to be the headquarters for the Police Department for at least 50 years.
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