City, county overdue for new site to train officers

Tuesday’s briefing of the Wichita City Council and Sedgwick County Commission about replacing the joint law enforcement training center raised hopes that the collaboration will continue somewhere – even if not, as once planned, as part of the Heartland Preparedness Center at I-135 and K-96. The leaders will take another 30 days to consider options, which now seem unlikely to include the former Cessna training centers on East 21st Street; setting aside the renovation needs, the buildings are too small for the long term. What’s clear is that the community can’t continue to train its officers for much longer at the worn-out facility at 37th Street North and Meridian. – Rhonda Holman

This story was originally published September 24, 2014 at 7:06 PM with the headline "City, county overdue for new site to train officers."