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Officials Break Ground on County Law Enforcement Training Center

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The first work — the ceremonial tossing of shovelfuls of dirt — has been done for a 26,000 square foot county law enforcement training center.

Tulsa County Undersheriff Tim Albin said agencies from the local to the federal level will be welcome to send officers there.

"People really don't care what agency you're with, you know, what patch you're wearing. What they want is help, and they want competent help," Albin said. "That's kind of the vision [behind] a regional concept, is that we train together, we work together, we do these things because that's who we serve, is the citizens."

The Stanley Glanz Law Enforcement Training center will have classroom space, a range house, driving track and urban tactical training village. Sheriff Glanz said he’s proud of the project that will bear his name.

"I'm extremely honored and a little bit overwhelmed," Glanz said. "I didn't ever intend to be here this long, but it's really an honor that they've named it after me."

Officials expect the training center will be completed in about a year and a half. The building will have some energy-efficient features, such as a geothermal heating and cooling system.

The building will also house a dispatch center. The sheriff’s office is working toward using its own dispatchers.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.