New county offices almost ready

Overcrowded offices and closed spaces work was a way of life for law enforcement representatives, located in Kanawha County courthouse several years, but all this will soon change.

At lunch Friday, several MPs, including Cpl. B.K. Carper, went for lunch in the break room table, which can regularly be used for different purposes.

Earlier this week at the same table was used to describe stained with blood evidence, involved in the investigation of the murder.

This is nothing new. Overcrowded conditions for more than 30 people working in the headquarters in the courthouse often mean that some objects are used for more than one goal.

But this will change later this month when the department moves into W. Kent Carper Justice and Public Safety Complex in the same street from the courthouse.

Officials said the move could not come soon enough.

"It is almost impossible to describe what it will mean for the department and the citizens," Deputy Chief John Rutherford said.

Currently working in the headquarters of the courts to close premises, three to four delegates often cram into one office. Prison overcrowding raises several issues, Rutherford said.

For example, in the interrogation room is located near a number of other offices and Rutherford said the other delegates and workers often have to stop what they do - sometimes as long as one hours - so the lie detector test can be administered in a quiet environment .

Another deputy, who works with the State Police Internet Crimes Against Children unit, has an interest in an office with other members, despite the fact that he was the only person in a building permitted for such materials.

Since the examination of the evidence in the small room and confusion, delegates must often lay out the bloody evidence in the hall outside the room. Rutherford said the pedestrians in the corridor to get a complete spectacle, when they walk through the area.

Headquarters building of the Court a number of security risks, both for members and elected representatives, Rutherford said.

As delegates to deliver the suspects to the interrogation of suspects taken up the same elevator used by visitors to the court. Because the location of the lift, disabled and elderly people were in the elevator with a suspected murderers and rapists.

Criminal suspects the same bathroom as men and women deputies used, Rutherford said.

He said the move will more than double the amount of available space for deputies, along with many other benefits.

"We are close to the prisoners who are trying to pay taxes and look for more cases," says Rutherford.

Sheriff's Department is not the only agency that will go together. Prosecutor Marc plant and 37 employees of his office also will cause the object back to the end of this Mon

Named in honor of the Kent County Commission Chairman Carper, complex offers 54,132 square feet of space, including new offices, storage County fleet vehicles, show rooms, classrooms and courtrooms.

Carper and Plant recently toured the new setup. Hands Portfolio Steve Neddo also went on the tour.

Besides the extra space, the complex will bring the entire county fleet under one roof.

Now on the methodology of the truck clean, County SWAT trucks and other vehicles stored in various places, such as the parking lot of the court, in Dunbar and Yeager Airport.