To quote the article from 13 March 2023;
"Upgrades to police station"
"Bill Kopp, Show Low Public Works director, spoke to the council as it considered options for upcoming construction projects, including renovations to the former police station to to house an expanded dispatch and communications facility.
The property is located at 150 N. Sixth St. in Show Low and, according to Kopp, would “accommodate additional dispatch consoles to increase the capacity of the city’s capabilities.”
Kopp recommended council award the council to LD&B LLC for “an amount not to exceed $996,633.66.”
Vice Mayor Connie Kakavas asked Show Low Police Chief Brad Provost to come to the podium and explain the purpose behind the renovation. Provost said that the department currently rents a “regional communications center,” explaining that SLPD provides dispatch support for “pretty much all of southern Navajo County.” “We dispatch for Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department, Snowflake/Taylor Police Department, Pinetop Fire Department, Timber Mesa Fire Department, Pinedale/Clay Springs Fire Department and Heber/Overgaard Fire Department,” he said.
Provost added that SLPD has been in talks with law officers who serve St. Johns and its surrounding areas about providing dispatch for that community as well.
“We’re expanding this,” he said, “ but it’s to further create redundancy. We’ve gotten some grant funding (and) working on expanding the network and creating two dispatch centers that are connected, us (Show Low) and Holbrook.”"
