Fargo police planning remote workstation in Scheels location

FARGO — The Fargo Police Department is eyeing the Scheels store along 45th St. South as a potential location for a new remote work station.

Police Chief David Zibolski has pitched the idea to city leaders as part of the consent agenda — typically passed in a block without discussion unless an item is pulled onto the general agenda — during the Fargo City Commission meeting on Monday, Aug. 18.

“The need for a functional space where officers can remain in their assigned beats while completing reports, taking breaks, and addressing basic needs, has become increasingly critical,” Zibolski wrote in his letter to the commission.

Through a partnership with Scheels, he said, this new space can be created “without any direct cost to the City.”

Fargo officers will use space within Scheels retail