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Accessibility issues at Stratford Police headquarters called out by local woman

A Stratford woman says she’s appalled by what she calls an awful experience at the city’s police headquarters.

Diane Sims, who has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair in order to get around, told the Police Services Board at their meeting that she went to the station late last month to get a police check done.

She says when she arrived there was no accessible ramp or signage with directions and, after ringing a buzzer and getting a court employee to call someone from the SPS staff, she was made to wait in the rain while others were allowed in.

Sims says she’s heard accessibility isn’t a new issue and she wants something done to fix it.

“You can not get to the one safe place in the city and this has to change.”

Building a new police headquarters was discussed at the meeting with Chief Greg Skinner saying the current building has outlived its usefulness.

The city has asked the province to help offset the estimated cost of a new facility, estimated at $20 million, but so far has had no reply.

Skinner says the situation is inexcusable and they are looking at temporary solutions.

“The most expedient way of making the front entrance accessible would be via a lift of sorts, there are lots of products on the market that could probably work.”

Sims is also a member of the Accessibility Advisory Committee in Stratford.

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