From Harford County government:
Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly today announced plans to explore construction of a comprehensive public safety complex to train and serve local law enforcement, fire, EMS, and allied agencies. The decision is based on recommendations from an independent study that also found the nearly 30-year-old former HEAT Center in Aberdeen, which was once proposed as a training center and precinct for the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, to be inadequate for modern public safety needs.
The study was conducted by Manns Woodward Studios (MWS), a nationally recognized and award-winning architectural firm specializing in the design of public safety facilities and campuses.
MWS also reported that prior cost estimates to renovate the HEAT Center as a training center and precinct for the sheriff’s office were “grossly underestimated” and actual costs approached that of completely new construction. In addition, MWS identified multiple shortcomings at the site, including significant concerns with program alignment, the cost and complexity of structural compliance, associated crime prevention through environmental design principles, energy efficiency, training integration, limited space, and overall value. In response to these findings, the county executive will be repurposing the county-owned HEAT Center to fill immediate needs for training space to support workforce development and to replace existing leased spaces as part of the administration’s effort to reduce county spending on commercial leases. The HEAT Center is not currently occupied but was originally built for higher education classrooms.
As recommended by MWS, a comprehensive public safety complex would not be limited to serving one agency. It would include a new, modern precinct for the sheriff’s office, new EMS station, and joint public safety training center to support the training for multi-agency responses often called for in modern public safety. The complex would provide joint training with state police and municipal police departments, the volunteer fire companies, EMS providers and allied agencies. The new facility could also include an indoor firing range, garage, and mock buildings for tactical training.
The Cassilly administration is working to identify a central location and would follow a multi-year, phased-in approach to funding within budget constraints.
“In my first budget as county executive, I put the proposed HEAT Center project on hold until my administration could get a better understanding of our fiscal position and whether it was the most appropriate site and plan to meet our public safety needs now, and in the future,” County Executive Cassilly said.
“I would like to thank MWS for their recommendations. It is their view that modern public safety often requires a multi-agency approach, and I intend to explore having these agencies train together in a state-of-the-art complex to facilitate interoperability and reduce costs. Most importantly, our goal will be to help deliver the highest quality public safety response for our citizens.”
Bob the police defunder want to distract people from his true self. Sorry Bob, you truth is out there and your first term is your last.
Oh, ffs, shut up.
I never realized just how corrupt county leadership is until Cassilly was elected. It’s become more than clear that Gahler, Glassman, Penman, Snee, and a handful of others will do and say just about anything to undermine Cassillly because he’s not a part of that club. Why? It’s money of course – a free reign for developers to get everything they want. Remember how nasty Snee was to the opponents of Eva Mar? When they got what they wanted they turned the entire thing into a cluster and just walked away from the sheet show they created.
I would like to remind you that the Cassilly’s have been corrupt for a VERY long time. Bob and his brothers are a bunch of crooks that have betrayed their oaths and the people whom elected them many times over…However, let’s not forget that those whom are exposing them for their corruption are in fact guilty of the same and were willing participants in the mass fraud, war and treason of the Cassilly’s “Not See” regime.
Nice try, but a swing and a miss. Bob Cassilly has exposed this small group for who they are and for that – good for him. We see you and our eyes are open.
@themoneytree You must be one of Bob’s great hires living off the money tree. Are you Joe Silwicka who has already been removed as a director due to HR complaints or Terry Handley who stole is way into Bob’s heart but couldn’t even get a vote to be confirmed or maybe Kevin Greenwell, Bob’s treasurer and now on his second job after failing at his first or Joe Woods, the absentee councilman who is now the absentee employee or Sam Kahl who is on his second invented job? There are just the highlights on this Sshow and what is being exposed everyday is the clown car of Bob’s inner circle with Bob being Bozo #1.
You sound desperate. You guys lost the top spot in the county, and with it, control of the process and now w the apt debacle in Fallston we know who you are and how you’ve operated. Go to Glassman’s linkedin page describing services for his consulting firm – top of the list is “manipulating a community input meeting”. Like I said, we see you. Penman might even get a recall if he keeps it up.