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Wilton Police to hold one more tour before vote on new facility

The Wilton Police Department is hosting one more tour of the police station ahead of a vote on a new proposed building.  The final tours will be held Saturday 10am to 1pm. 

Voting starts Tuesday after the 7pm Town Meeting, and a referendum on Saturday May 7th from 8am to 6pm at the Clune Center Wilton High School auditorium. 

The Wilton Police Department headquarters was built in 1974 for an all male police force and one dispatcher who used pen, paper, one typewriter and two telephone lines.  Today the building must accommodate a much larger number of officers and civilian staff, a much larger amount of evidence, equipment and technology.  In making the case for a new building, Wilton Police noted that they've already converted part of a hallway and storage closet to a female locker room. 

In 2019, after significant study, the Police-Town Hall Building Committee recommended new construction.  The current building is non-compliant with multiple state and federal requirements.  Locker rooms and lavatories are inadequate and in some cases inoperable.  The firearms training facility is nonfunctional and firearms storage is deficient.

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