Published: April 17, 2009 09:46 pm      

Senate bill a plus for Edmond

EDMOND — When the City of Edmond successfully completed the work to make way for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation’s Forensic Science Center and the University of Central Oklahoma announced its planned Forensic Science Institute, this board noted at the time that it was a great model for multi-agency partnerships.

We hoped then, as we continue to do now, that it will pave the way for more partnerships of this type to create more daytime jobs in Edmond.

If Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee and House Speaker Chris Benge are successful in pushing Senate Bill 738 through the legislative process, we will see more of that same success occur in Edmond. The bill aims to move the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office to the UCO campus as part of the growing forensic science synergy here.

UCO plans to become a national leader in forensic science research, and to accomplish that goal, the city and the state must be prepared to offer the amenities and ancillary programs necessary to support that goal.

Thanks to Coffee and Benge for supporting this move to Edmond. It will be a key component of achieving UCO’s mission and goals.