Chapel Hill Police Department moves into new headquarters
NEXT YEAR. IT IS SET TO BRING A
COUPLE 100 JOBS FOR PILOTS AND
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.
>> CHAPEL HILL POLICE HAVE A
BRAND NEW HOME. THE OLD
HEADQUARTERS HAD BEEN FALLING
APART AND TALKS TO MOVE HAD
BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS.
BUT YOU ARE YELLS. MONICA CASEY
TAKES US INSIDE THIS NEW
BUILDING. THAT'S TAKING THE
DEPARTMENT INTO THE FUTURE.
>> IT'S A NEW HOME FOR THE
GUARDIANS OF THE HILL. THAT
AGENCY IS FULLY STAFFED AND
THIS SPACE GIVES THEM ROOM TO
GROW. THIS IS WHERE THEY WOULD
BRIEF EVERY DAY. THE CHAPEL
HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT
HEADQUARTERS ON MILLHOUSE ROAD
IS DESIGNED WITH EVERYONE IN
MIND. CHIEF CELISA LEHEW SAYS
THE GOAL IS TO BUILD COMMUNITY
TRUST. I BELIEVE THAT POLICING
IS ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS OF
THIS. IS THAT WELCOMING SPACE
TO BE ABLE TO DO SO WITH WITH
AN AVERAGE OF ALMOST 13,000
CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE LAST
2.70, ANNUAL REPORTS AND
HUNDREDS OF CARE RESPONSES WITH
CRISIS COUNSELORS. ANOTHER
PRIORITY OF THE NEW FACILITY IS
HEALTH AND WELLNESS. MAJOR
UPGRADES TO THE GYM ALLOWING
FOR A NEW BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRAINING ACADEMY. MORE SPACE
FOR THERAPY DOG FRANKIE AND A
NURSING ROOM FROM OTHERS.
WE ARE PART OF THE 30 BY 30
INITIATIVE IN WHICH WE ATTRACT
MORE WOMEN TO THIS PROFESSION
BY THE YEAR 2030, SAFETY IS
ANOTHER FOCUS AND EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER AND IMPROVE
PROTOCOL WITH DT NEEDS. THEY
WOULD DRIVE UP THE RAM
PHYSICALLY COME INTO THIS
BUILDING WITH THEIR CAR AND
THEN ACCESS ARE PROCESSING
UNIT, WHICH IS DOWN HERE.
THAT'S A STEP UP FROM WALKING
OR ESTES IN FROM THE BACK
PARKING LOT HERE IN A 2, 8 MLK
BOULEVARD, A BUILDING WITH
ISSUES OF PESTS FLOODING AND
COAL ASH BURIED AT THE SITE
IN CHAPEL HILL. MONICA CASEY,
WRAL, NEWS PROGRESS THERE.
THE DEPARTMENT IS FINISHING UP
A STAGGERED MOVED TO THE NEW
SPACE TO AVOID ANY INTERRUPTION