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FOCUS State of the Art: Department Furnishings Some departments may choose to contract with a single provider to save on costs. For instance, the Williamson County Sheriff���s Department in Marion, Ill., contracted with CDS Technologies, who provides copiers and offce equipment. Gary Wills of CDS said he was asked to provide all the offce needs, including the chairs, tables and training room equipment. He chose to subcontract with HON Offce Supply and said, ���You can spend a lot more and get a lot less; this furniture is very excellent quality for today���s business.��� He selected ergonomic chairs from the Lorell Westlake Series and training tables from ABCO. Storage The difference in providing a professional atmosphere may be as simple as visitors seeing a cluttered mess or seeing an orderly display with adequate storage, proper management of cables, and appropriate fling facilities. Shelving, credenzas, fle cabinets, conference room tables, and visitor���s seating may be taken for granted, but failing to put the same thought into purchasing them as the thought used with consoles and larger purchases can lead to disorder, poorly performing products, and inadequate storage. Space Saver is one name known for providing order all over the department, from the evidence room to the locker room to the chief���s offce. They provide shelving, cabinetry, personnel duty lockers, duty bag and uniform storage. Space Saver provides shelving solutions to nearly any Multi-Purpose Furniture VEHICLE IMMOBILIZERS Furniture designed for training may also double as a forum for community classes and disaster quarters. As departments are able to expand and think to their future needs, they must consider not only traditional law enforcement concerns, but how to handle natural disasters that are occurring more frequently, and also domestic and foreign terrorism on American soil. Designing training facilities that might double as emergency shelter for offcers who may need to stay at the department 24/7 in the case of disasters or terrorism or even emergency shelters for the community can be an attractive idea because there may be funding from Homeland Security or other sources. ���Provenperformance (since1958) ���Collectunpaid nes ���Modelsforall applications ���Parking enforcement ���Anti-theft applications Prevent wheel damage! Use Rhino D, H, HG & PB Series (US PAT. 5,865,048 6,032,497) CALL FOR CATALOG 3183 HALL AVENUE ��� GRAND JUNCTION CO 81504 970-243-9500 fax 243-9200 toll free 1-866-545-6484 services@mitico.com ��� website: mitico.com PROUDLY MADE IN THE USA Click on EInfo at - www.lawandordermag.com reader service #22 44 LAW and ORDER I February 2013 problem. Their high-density mobile storage systems eliminate non-productive space seen with fxed shelving. The shelving and cabinets of the Spacesaver Mobile Systems are mounted on wheeled carriages that travel on rails and these are operated manually, mechanically assisted, or powered. They provide twice the capacity of conventional fle storage systems and can be precisely confgured for any size record or document. The fling systems are enhanced by rotary shelves and end cap storage for frequently used items. Space Saver offers rotary storage units that are a spaceeffcient and cost-effective alternative to lateral and vertical fles. These systems can increase storage capacity by up to 400 percent over conventional drawer fles. Personnel and duty storage is very important for morale, performance and keeping track of gear. Storage solutions that offer equal accommodations for offcers that are adequate to their needs are important for offcers��� morale. Both Carbondale and Skokie Police Departments in Illinois have brand-new facilities. They both decided to go with Space Saver products for shelving and storage. Bradford Systems provided products for Skokie and the Peterson Group for Carbondale. Kert Siemiawski, Evidence Technician for Skokie PD stated, ���The high-density storage shelving allows us the ability to store numerous items; the easy mobility of the shelving allows us easy access to each row.��� Steve Michaels, Evidence Technician at Carbondale PD reported they use Space Saver���s rolling shelves and that most of the items in the evidence room as well as other areas in the building (locker room / SRT / armory) were ordered from Space Saver through the Peterson Group. Their offcers��� lockers and gear bag storage provide adequate areas for keeping personal and departmental gear in order. Their evidence room has many shelves and cabinets from Space Saver including the pass-through lockers to keep evidence safe. Kathy Marks has been a child abuse investigator for 30 years. She teaches classes regarding domestic terrorism and is a previous contributor to LAW and ORDER Magazine. She can be reached at kathymarks53@aol.com. LaO Post your comments on this story by visiting www.lawandordermag.com