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With the Sheriff's Office and the Moorhead City Police Department outgrowing their existing building, the County hired Klein McCarthy Architects and
Michael J. Burns Architects to review and adjust their space needs program, and use it to develop a Schematic Design.
With the existing Jail housing moving out of the building, the vacated area will be utilized for a Joint Law Enforcement Center remodel and expansion. With the increasing
needs of both the Sheriff and the City Police departments, it will be necessary to horizontally expand the existing building which is located in an existing Government
Campus within the city.
The Sheriff's Office will maintain separate office areas for Administration, Evidence processing, and Storage; but will share office space for Patrol, Investigations, and
all other communal areas. A shared lobby will create a single point of access for the community.
The design of the facility proposes to close off one city block in the existing County Government campus. The variation in massing and a mixture of exterior materials
will help to maintain a human scale within the primarily residential community.
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