(Photo courtesy of Pence Contractors)

A ribbon-cutting ceremony, held August 12, heralded completion of the new 42,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Redmond Public Safety Facility (RPSF), designed to give the City’s police department the necessary tools to better meet the current and future needs of the fast-growing Central Oregon hub.

Following the event, the public was invited to tour the $49 million two-story facility at 111 NW Teak Avenue alongside Highway 97, before it is slated to become the official new full-time home of the Redmond Police Department by August 25.

The new building is a marked improvement on the previous cramped 13,000 sq. ft. downtown headquarters, built in 1998, which the department had long since outgrown, and features more privacy for crime victims to meet wit

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