Wetumpka mayor hopes police department can move into Wells Fargo building before Thanksgiving
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The City of Wetumpka has bought the former Wells Fargo bank building on U.S. Highway 231 for use as its new police headquarters. The city bought the $1.5 million building and property for $500,000.

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Most times when police gather in a bank, it’s because of a robbery.

But in Wetumpka, the city saved $1 million by buying the former Wells Fargo building for law enforcement to use as its new headquarters, thus finding more than the shiny side of the coin in the tornado that destroyed the old police station on the west bank of the Coosa River in January.

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Jimmy Wigfield / The Herald The Wetumpka Police Department building, which was destroyed by a tornado in January, was demolished in April.
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File / The Herald Wetumpka police chief Greg Benton, right has retired and assistant police chief Ed Reeves is taking his place.