Blankenship Hall is the home of Ohio State’s Department of Public Safety (DPS), including Police, Emergency Management & Fire Prevention, Communications & Security Technology, and Central Campus Security Services. This project will renovate the building to relocate and consolidate departments within the building, while improving the quality and functionality of both public and departmental spaces, with a goal of increasing the ability of DPS to serve the Ohio State University community and the public. This project will: • Relocate the Emergency Communications Control Center (911 call center) creating a new state-of-the-art realtime-crime-center for managing emergency response throughout the University. • Relocate the department of Emergency Management and Fire Prevention. • Renovate spaces for the Police Division to provide for expansion of staff, including locker areas, briefing rooms, and training areas. • Create a secure entry for police and prisoner transportation. • Relocate the locker space for security services • Improve critical infrastructure.
