OMAHA, Neb. (KELO.com) -- While Sioux Falls mayoral candidates argue about going to a police precinct system, in Omaha, they're well established.
Omaha police Capt. Ken Kanger in the OPD's drug and integrated narcotics unit, says the city has had them for decades.
"From the beginning, for years and years we've had it (precincts)," Kanger said. "We've expanded, obviously. We've had four precincts as long as I've been here for 20 years."
He says the city soon is adding a fifth precinct. The drug unit, gang unit, assembly, and the main station are downtown.
Kanger says Omaha PD believes it's important to have a police presence in every school and precinct.
Mayoral candidate Jolene Loetscher has proposed basing police precincts in the some of the city's community centers. Her opponent, Paul TenHaken, opposes the idea, as does the Fraternal Order of Police union in Sioux Falls.
(Jon Michaels, KELO.com News, contributed to this report.)