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WPD noncompliance

​The WPD headquarters is noncompliant with multiple state and federal requirements that have been implemented since the building was constructed in 1974.
The building is not ADA compliant.

Examples: - The public entrance is not handicap accessible.
(There is a rear entrance without steps that can be used when necessary.)
- The two story building does not have an elevator, ​prohibiting disabled members
of the public and temporarily disabled employees ​from accessing
the floor with full lavatories, locker rooms, break room and briefing room/ meeting room/ training room / EOC.
​- Bathrooms do not have ADA compliant fixtures.
The building does not have a sprinkler system or smoke alarms,
only heat sensors.
The building does not accommodate
​the separation of criminal and non-criminal areas

Example: Complaints (non-criminal) are taken at the table above and
fingerprinting (criminal) is done in a small open area ​around the corner
​and at the counter pictured.
The building does not accommodate
interviewing multiple suspects at a time.

Examples: There is not a dedicated interview room nor sufficient space ​in the Detectives' cubicles to conduct multiple interviews simultaneously and privately.
The building does not accommodate processing and detaining juveniles
away from adults by both sight and sound. 

​Examples:​ - A wall separates the 4 holding cells seen through the doors above but the area does not meet the "sound" part of the requirement.
- The complaint and fingerprinting areas do not allow 
​​ for the separation of juveniles and adults.
The indoor shooting range does not meet OSHA requirements
​nor the distance requirements for officer certification.