After nearly an hour of listening to recommendations, testimonies and thoughts from local citizens and former and local law enforcement officials, the Salina City Commission on Monday unanimously approved to award Wichita-based Compton Construction the bid for construction of a new Regional Law Enforcement Training Center.
Commissioner Melissa Hodges was not at Monday’s meeting.
“This has been quite a long process, but I’m ecstatic that it’s done, and ecstatic that the commissioners saw the need for this training facility that will benefit both my officers and the community, greatly,” said Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson. “I couldn’t be any happier.”
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