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Originally Posted by GeoNerd
I can't tell if you're actually being serious. If you think placing a police station on a prime riverfront site that's not serviced by transit then I don't know what to tell you.
It seems that you are looking at this from a suburban car driver perspective. Many people that need the services of a police station are under-privilege and may not have access to a car, even in suburbia. There is no direct transit and it is 55 minute walk in each direction from the Trillium line. That is far from "not far" as you suggest. It's also not very accessible by foot unless you walk alongside an 80 km/h road.
A police station is not just a clubhouse for police to hangout in. It's supposed to service the community. It should be located in the community and be accessible by the community. Police aren't hanging around inside waiting for calls like a fire station, so being located on collector roads near bridges is not relevant. This is a terrible location for a police station, library, school, or any other city owned venue that is meant to service the community.
This city needs to stop building car centric developments and get out of the 1970's. This ain't it.
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Its 700 metres from a bus stop, yes that's not great but it's not 5km (which btw can be rectified)
Again the community is the entirety of Southern Ottawa not just Barhaven, so I really don't know what centre of the community you are speaking of.
Record checks and etc are done from 2670 service center, police reports can be done electronically. There are also community policing centres for other services.
For the most part this will be the service detachment office space, training centre and etc. Civilian interaction will be limited.
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