Ground was broken in mid-January at GCC for a new Public Safety Services building that is expected to be completed in approximately one year. The building will house Administration of Justice, Emergency Medical Technology, Fire Science and Law Enforcement Operations studies. It will be a two-story, state-of-the-art building that will house not only classrooms and faculty offices but also specialized training facilities such as an outer wall designed as a practice wall for fire students to scale and rappel. Dignitaries from GCC, the Maricopa County Community College District, Substance Design, and FCI Construction attended the event. This building was made possible by MCCCD's 2004 Bond election, which was passed overwhelmingly by Maricopa County voters.

At Public Safety Building you can learn more about the building and see its amazing design.

L to R: Paul Brown, GCC Administration of Justice; Scarlett Perry, GCC Public Safety Services; Randy Kimmens, Dean of Instruction for Business and Technology; Doug DeSanti, Chair, Public Safety Services; Dr. Velvie Green, President of GCC; Raul Muņoz, GCC Fire Science; Chris Coughlin, GCC Fire Science; and Geoffrey Leggett, GCC Law Enforcement Operations.

In April, a "Topping Out" ceremony marked the placement of the final steel beam on the top of the framed building.

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