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Sheriff seeks consolidated operations complex and secure warehouse; says co‑located 911 is lower near‑term priority
Summary
Sheriff Michelle Cook urged the county to pursue an operations complex (administration, 911, detective offices, fleet, evidence and storage) and to secure climate‑controlled warehouse space because a privately provided storage site used by the sheriff may be sold; the sheriff said building 500 design work is needed immediately.
Sheriff Michelle Cook told the Board of County Commissioners the Clay County Sheriff’s Office must consolidate scattered office, storage and support functions into fewer, more efficient facilities and that staff have identified an immediate need for both office and secure storage space.
"At a minimum, need about a hundred thousand square feet," Cook said when describing a campus model that would combine administration, detectives, a consolidated communications center, fleet maintenance and storage. She told the board the sheriff's office now operates from many disparate buildings (about 96,113 square feet in total across several…
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