LONDON, ONT. — A new Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Communications Centre has opened in London, Ont. the provincial government announced June 9.
The modern, high-tech, 35,000-square-foot facility will house 135 civilian members and officers who handle emergency and non-emergency calls for service. The facility will serve an assigned area of more than 170,000 square kilometres and a population that reaches about 850,000 people during the summer months, indicates a release. The new centre will also support other OPP jurisdictions as needed and provide the space OPP officers and civilian members need to conduct their work in an improved workplace environment.
The centre is accessible and designed to meet LEED Silver standards.
The project was delivered through Infrastructure Ontario’s design-bid-build model, which is used in the delivery of capital projects between $10 million and $100 million and makes use of the standardized CCDC-2 stipulated sum contract.
“Our government recognizes that provincial police officers continually encounter new challenges on the job, whether it’s enforcing the law during the COVID-19 outbreak or combatting new online criminal activity,” said Sylvia Jones, solicitor general, in a statement. “This new facility will help ensure our provincial officers and staff have the state-of-the-art facilities, equipment and technology they need to fight crime and keep people safe.”
“The new London Provincial Communications Centre is a critical component of the OPP’s delivery of emergency services to our communities and the support we provide to our dedicated officers on the front line and in our specialty units,” said OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique. “This modern facility will provide a workplace that is safe, healthy and properly equipped for the civilian and sworn OPP members who work in this high-stress environment.”
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