Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The police chief hopes to have any problems solved in a matter of days.
By JOHN W. GOODWIN JR.
VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF
HUBBARD -- Officials have found a few technical problems in moving into the newly built justice center here, but Police Chief Jim Taafe said the new facility is worth working through the minor kinks.
City officials unveiled the new facility during a Sunday open house. Hundreds of city residents and curious observers filed through the building to take a look at the technologically updated and aesthetically superior building.
According to Taafe, city officials planned to begin integrating the city's 911 system into the new building, bringing the system online in stages so residents would not be left with a gap in service. The system, however, shut down, he said.
Calls to 911, as of Monday afternoon, were being rerouted to the county 911 system, then forwarded to the city, said Taafe. Officers, he said, will be working out of the new building and justice center until everything is operational.
"That is the cost of doing business. Things don't always work out as smoothly as we would like, but we just have to keep plugging at it and work through the kinks," he said.
Optimistic
Taafe said he hopes to have any problems with the call system solved in a matter of days and be on track to completely move into the new building. Crews were still working on the system late Monday afternoon.
Taafe said the new police headquarters, start-up problems and all, will be well worth the effort once everything is ironed out. He continued that it is just part of paying the dues to become better equipped.
"Transition is never easy, especially when you become as technologically advanced as we are here, but we are going to work through it and I think that we will be all right," he added.
jgoodwin@vindy.com