The new three-story building will be located at the corner of Talbot St. and South Philadelphia Ave., which is directly across the street from its existing location. OCBP HQ will represent a traditional Ocean City aesthetic as laid out by the OCDC’s design standards. The new building boasts 10,000 square feet of space and provides facilities for beach patrol vehicle and equipment storage, training, roll call and administrative areas. In addition, the $2 million project holds a multi-purpose training room and an area for the Ocean City Police Department’s (OCPD) Bicycle Unit.
“This building is long overdue,” Director of Emergency Services Joe Theobald said this morning.
The OCBP currently occupies three buildings on Dorchester Street that used to serve as the old home to the OCPD and District Court facilities. In 1993, the buildings were deemed unsuitable for usage, but they continued to be utilized by the seasonal OCBP.
OCBP Captain Butch Arbin came before the crowd announcing a new chapter in OCBP’s 80-year history.
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Chub-a-dub dub...
How much was that lunch bill we payed for?
OC is nearly complete the NEW north end firehouse and they have already approved NEW construction at 15th St HQ. And...they just purchased NEW firefighting equipment. In the meantime, many department employees remain frozen in their compensation levels for quite a few years while SENIOR employees get raises, new cars, and anything else they want. Who does the citizen interface for on a daily basis? The transportation driver.
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