The Oro Valley Council will discuss, and possibly take action on two issues concerning police facilities at the May 6 meeting.
One is The Municipal Operations Center. The other is a police substation at the OV marketplace.
Our point of view is this:
One facility is too many. Two is outrageous, especially in such close proximity. Vestar was so magnanimous offering OV a substation for a buck a year. Only problem is the cost to the taxpayers to furnish it, man it, and operate it. Besides, Vestar should have their own security watch for stolen vehicles, shoplifting etc. It's not necessary for OV police to "live there."
As for the MOC---it started out being a facility for Public Works. Besides over paying for the parcel, it wasn't to be a new police facility.
Hopefully, the council will do the prudent thing with one or both of these two facilities.
Read the possible options in The Explorer article here.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/05/06/news/doc4a00c023b9439903894150.txt
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There is also another substation on Rancho Vistoso Boulevard in Sun City. So that would actually be THREE facilities in close proximity.
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