[Vision2020] Re: Joint law enforcement center

[Chris Storhok]

Mark,
I think that the current facilities in the county courthouse would not need to be moved or modified with the exception of construction of a separate secure entrance.  As you know the jail houses detainees from the city, the county, state, and federal law enforcement and is one of the best county facilities in the state.  Why move what works well?
Chris


  

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Mark Solomon
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:07 AM
To: Dan Carscallen; vision2020 at moscow.com; 'Jennifer McFarland'
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Re: Joint law enforcement center

One obstacle to reuse of an existing building is the inclusion of the 
county jail facility. While not an impossible architectural task, 
jails are a lot more complicated than office/dispatch/training/duty 
rooms.

Mark S.

At 7:39 AM -0700 5/10/06, Dan Carscallen wrote:
>Thoughts and comments:
>The Joint Law Enforcement Center is probably the best idea I've heard in
>a long time.  I was tickled when Sheriff Rausch had that as part of his
>platform.  I'd like nothing more than getting Moscow's dispatch back on
>this side of the border.  I envision having shared dispatch a la
>Whitcom, but with some cooler name that says its in Latah County,
>because we gotta be cooler than them.
>
>Also, with the Sheriff's Dept. and MPD moving out of their respective
>buildings now, that opens up more room for the Courthouse and for City
>offices.  Win/Win, if you ask me.
>
>Concerns:
>I guess the biggest worry might be in the future cooperation of
>leadership.  Moscow's Chief is hired, Latah County's Sheriff is elected.
>It took an election to get a Sheriff that was amenable to pursuing the
>JLEC (yeah, an acronym is easier to type, but I just used more
>keystrokes mentioning that I used an acronym -- I'll stop now).  Another
>election could garner us a Sheriff that is not quite so fond of a shared
>building/dispatch center.  The same could also be said of a new chief,
>but I would think the City of Moscow would probably hire someone who
>would commit to continuing the relationship.
>
>Suggestions:
>I'd hope both agencies would look at trying to fill an unused building.
>This seems MUCH more economical than trying to build an all new JLEC.
>Tidyman's jumps out at me as a potential site, with a large parking lot
>already available.  I'm not sure of how it is used now, but the GTE
>building on Harold street could be another option, but I like the idea
>of Tidyman's better due to it's access to the state and county road
>system, as well as quick access to major city streets.  Plus, it
>"undarkens" that empty store.
>
>More to follow I'm sure,
>
>DC

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