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The future of the former headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department is uncertain.
City officials will begin to hold public hearings in order to find out the public opinion on what the future should be for the run-down building. Cost estimates for each alternative have not been presented by the city’s Bureau of Engineering.
Closed in October 2009, there are reportedly three alternatives for the facility:
Option One: Partial Demolition
Partially demolishing the building would (more…)
New $74-Million LAPD Jail Remains Locked
The LAPD began construction of the new 172,000 square-foot Metropolitan Detention Center four years ago with $70-million in public funds. However, today it's still not being used.
The Los Angeles Police Department is still using the run-down and overpopulated Parker Center jail located in downtown LA. Due to the lack of funds, they are unable to hire jailers to run this five-floor structure, which is one of the largest structures of its kind.
The new Metropolitan Detention Center is equipped with surveillance equipment, automatic doors, and electronic fingerprinting stations. In order to provide greater monitoring of …
Although the very much needed, new Los Angeles Police Department Jail in downtown Los Angeles was supposed to be opening soon, progress may be halted by staffing and fiscal shortages.
The new jail was originally slated to open in March of 2008; however, there have been several construction delays. Now scheduled to open by February 1st, 2010, the new Metro Center Jail would need at least double the amount of officers of what’s currently needed at the existing Parker Center Jail in Los Angeles.
On any given shift at the new Metro facility, at least 62 detention officers would be required …
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