[Vision2020] Re: Joint law enforcement center

[Jennifer McFarland]

Costs and billing are part of what the needs assessment determine.


PIO Jennifer L. McFarland
Latah County Sheriff's Office
Public Information Officer
PO Box 8068
Moscow, Idaho 83843
(208) 882-2216
Fax (208) 883-2281

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-----Original Message-----
From: bill bonte [mailto:bbonte at moscow.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 17:15
To: Dan Carscallen
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com; 'Jennifer McFarland'
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Joint law enforcement center

Two questions:

1.  What's the cost?

2.  Who's going to pay for it?

On May 10, 2006, at 7:39 AM, 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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