Mayor Announces Proposed Shreveport Police Relocation Sites
SHREVEPORT, LA- MAYOR ARCENEAUX ANNOUNCES PROPOSED SITES FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT RELOCATION
Mayor Tom Arceneaux recently announced that five sites have been identified as prime sites for the upcoming relocation of Shreveport Police Department employees from their current offices at 1234 Texas Avenue. You can see the horrible conditions of the existing headquarters building HERE
Three sites have been identified to relocate Patrol Division employees. They are:
A former physicians’ office at 3313 North Market Street owned by Willis-Knighton Health Systems
A former CVS Pharmacy at 9194 Mansfield Road at its intersection with Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
One of the buildings within the recently-vacated Sunset Acres Elementary School, located at the intersection of West Canal and Sunnybrook
One half of Patrol will be located in the former CVS, while one-fourth of Patrol will be located in each of the other locations. The recommended location for the Investigations Division is a portion of a building at 2301 Kings Highway at Mansfield Road which is owned by the Biomedical Research Foundation.
The recommended site for the Support and Administration Divisions is a portion of an office complex located at 1120 South Pointe Parkway.
“Our staff personally toured more than a dozen potential locations throughout the City
and has identified locations where we can relocate SPD’s employees with a minimum of
remodeling”, said Mayor Arceneaux. “That lets us begin the relocation process quickly,
which in turn gives our Police employees a better place to work more quickly.”
City staff has begun lease negotiations with the representatives of these locations. Leases for the Patrol sites will be for approximately twelve to fifteen months, since Patrol will be able to move to permanent locations once the three Police substations are constructed. The leases for the remainder of the SPD staff will be for approximately three years, since those employees will need to be housed until the new Police headquarters building is completed. The new building is being designed now, with construction set to start in the second half of 2025.
The timetable for moving each office will depend on how quickly leases can be negotiated, the extent to which interior space planning is needed and how soon the necessary telephone and internet networks can be installed. Patrol and Investigations will likely be the first to move. The City hopes to begin that process before the end of the year.
The estimated cost for this relocation process, including lease payments, any required interior remodeling and moving expenses, is not known at this time. However, a significant portion of the costs will be offset by eliminating the maintenance and utility costs associated with the current Texas Avenue location.
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