NEW ERA OF LAW ENFORCEMENT\Lancaster cheers $25 million A.V. sheriff's station.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer A $25 million sheriff's station that will offer breathing room for Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley deputies was dedicated in a ceremony Monday. The station is nearly twice the size of the 35-year-old building it replaces, which was expected to last well into the 21st century but was overcrowded o·ver·crowd v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds v.tr. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms. by the 1980s population boom. "The current facility has 250 people and it was designed for 170," said Sheriff Sherman Block. "They were stepping on each other." The new station, a little over a mile from the one it replaces, was dedicated in a ceremony before a crowd of about 300 people, including a virtual who's who Who’s Who biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame of Lancaster politics. Deputies will begin moving into the station April 1 and the facility should be operational by May 1. Built on 6.9 acres on the northwest corner of Lancaster Boulevard and Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , the new station covers 50,900 square feet. The complex includes a main building, measuring 33,156 square feet, a 4,818-square-foot service building and a 5,345-square-foot crime laboratory. The old station, at 1010 W. Ave. J, is approximately 26,000 square feet. The new sheriff's station will have room for as many as 326 deputies. The crime lab will allow for the immediate processing of evidence rather than waiting for it to be sent to a laboratory in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Block said. The Lancaster lab will include a fingerprint section, a drug testing lab and a polygraph An instrument used to measure physiological responses in humans when they are questioned in order to determine if their answers are truthful. Also known as a "lie detector," the polygraph has a controversial history in U.S. law. . Half of the old station will be used as a dependency court. The other half will house homicide and arson-explosives detectives. "The old station will continue to be a great service to this community," Block said. The new station is the result of a March 1992 agreement between Lancaster and the county, which provided the framework for building $144.4 million worth of county facilities in the city. Under the plan, county buildings are financed by bonds backed by property tax money collected in the city's redevelopment areas that formerly went to the county treasury. "This is an example of the highest level of cooperation between the city and county," Block said. "We couldn't have done it alone. The city of Lancaster The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. couldn't have done it alone." The station will also serve another purpose - helping the city rebuild the downtown area. The sheriff's station, the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. and a county library will serve as anchors for the revitalization effort, changing Lancaster Boulevard from a retail district to a civic and financial district. "This building will enhance this area," said Councilman Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (1--Color) Antelope Valley sheriff's Lt. Ron Shreves leads a tour through the new Lancaster sheriff's station Monday during a dedication ceremony. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News (2--Color) Sheriff's explorers listen as Sheriff Sherman Block delivers an address welcoming the facility at Lancaster Boulevard and Sierra Highway. (3) City officials applaud the unveiling of the Lancaster station, which should be up and running by May 1. |
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