City of Oklahoma City Videos, 12 Feb 2014

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From YouTube: OKCPD Headquarters Groundbreaking | 01.29.14

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Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, Chief Bill Citty and Ward 6 Councilwoman Meg Salyer celebrate groundbreaking on a 88,625 square-foot police headquarters. The three story building is expected to open in 2015 and will house the administration and investigations function of the Police Department.

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Thank you for being here for the groundbreaking for the new police headquarters, building, it's a it's a long time in the making and started back in two thousand seven with with with the bond issue and up to this point, there's been a lot of work that's put in put in by a lot of people. It.

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Is a it is an honor to be here on such an important day. We are replacing a police station that has outlived its usefulness, but I know holds a special place in the memory banks and the hearts of a lot of people. I have a very small snippet of memory here.

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Nearly 20 years ago, I spent a year as the on the police beat at the TV station, and that meant that you spent about a half hour going through all the police reports every day, but I remember the public information officer at the time was Bill city so fast forward, and here we are I, also want to make sure that the citizens of Oklahoma City received proper credit today through three important votes. They have directly and indirectly funded. This building part of the funding comes from the 2007 bond issue.

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Other funding is coming from the use tax associated with maps 3 and finally, the public safety sales tax passed in the late 1980s is also helping to furnish the building. So the citizens of Oklahoma City have prioritized public safety again and again and again, and that reflects the the priorities of the council and I. As you would imagine, when.

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This headquarters is complete in 2015. It will stand three stories tall and include 88,000 625 square feet of space. The exterior facade will be blond, black and red brick.

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It will include limestone stone like accents to visually, tie it to the Civic Center right behind us and to City Hall. The Memorial Plaza along Colcord, will commemorate our fallen officers with a public art piece that is funded through the city's 1% for public arts program.

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This this facility is going to be it's going to only be about maybe ten or eleven percent larger, but it's going to be a lot more usable space. It's going to be a lot more efficient and it's going to accommodate the future there's space built into this building that will allow us to expand in the future, add more officers and then someday, maybe even expand the facility itself. So with that being said, I'd like to invite our political leaders to come up and grab a shovel.