INFORMATION. IN THIS CASE. WELL, IT IS A QUESTION THAT WE SEE AND I KNOW YOU CONTINUE TO ASK WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THIS NEW OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL GOING TO GO? YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE VOTERS APPROVED IT. AND SINCE THEN, COUNTY LEADERS HAVE REALLY STRUGGLED. TO FIND A LOCATION. AND NOW LOCAL CITIES ARE WANTING INPUT TO KOCO ZACH RAEL JOINING US HERE, ZACH, THE NEW JAIL WAS BROUGHT UP AT OKLAHOMA CITY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
EVAN. ABBY. THAT'S RIGHT. AND IF THE NEW. JAIL WERE TO REMAIN IN OKC, CITY COUNCILORS WANT SPECIFICS FROM THE COUNTY ON WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR THAT AREA AND EXACTLY HOW ALL OF THIS WOULD LOOK. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THEY'RE CERTAINLY IN A ROUGH SPOT. UM, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT LOCATION THEY DECIDE ON, THEY'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO GET A LOT OF HEAT. THE TOPIC ON MANY OKLAHOMA COUNTY RESIDENTS MINDS IS NOW FRONT AND CENTER AT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
DURING TUESDAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WARD FOUR'S TODD STONE REQUESTED SPECIFIC METRICS ABOUT A NEW COUNTY JAIL IF IT WERE TO REMAIN IN OKC. EVERY LOCATION IS, WELL, THIS WON'T WORK. IT'S TOO CLOSE TO SCHOOLS, IT'S TOO CLOSE TO RESIDENCES, AND I WOULD JUST LOVE TO REALLY SEE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ON THAT. IF A NEW JAIL WERE TO BE BUILT IN OKC, CITY LIMITS, HOW FAR WOULD IT BE FROM DOWNTOWN? IS THERE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? HOW ACCESSIBLE WOULD IT ACTUALLY BE? I'LL SEE IF I CAN'T GET MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT REACHING OUT TO THE COUNTY AND WORKING WITH THEM AFTER THE MEETING, THE CITY MANAGER, CRAIG FREEMAN, SENT A STATEMENT TO KOCO SAYING THE CITY OF OKC IS WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON A NEW JAIL SITE AND QUOTE, THE CITY AND CITY LEADERS ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE COUNTY AS THEY DO THE CHALLENGING WORK TO FIND A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR THE