WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) - Eleven years after Hurricane Katrina, the Waveland Police Department finally has a base of operations strong enough to stand just about any storm.
Monday, The Sun Herald reports (https://bit.ly/2bBF10O) state and local officials called the new police station well-deserved and overdue.
The Bay St. Louis-Waveland area was ground zero for the hurricane. The force from the storm wiped out a good portion of both cities.
Due to funding issues, it has taken until now to open the new police station.
The 30-plus Waveland police staff had been operating out of a double-wide trailer.
The new station is state-of-the-art and houses a courtroom, animal control and the city’s beautification committee. Most notably, the station can serve as an Emergency Operations Center.
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Information from: The Sun Herald, https://www.sunherald.com
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