Police building workshop 1-12
Police Building WorkshopJanuary 10, 2012
Atlantic Beach Police Department
department and create inefficienciesThey decrease the effectiveness of the the staffThey present safety risks for the community and provide to the citizensThese deficiencies impact
the level of service we many waysThe current police building is severely deficient in
Facility OperationsLife SafetySecurity
paperworkvehicle with prisoners while completing only 1 cell is useable. Officers have to sit in sometimes –Adult holding facility is inadequate several hours supervising officers
tied up for –No juvenile holding area
unauthorized staff or the publicscreens should not be in view of any computer -staff or anyone in the building Communication center is unsecured and open to completely open to public
accessit is –No protection for emergency generator to no video surveillance inside or outsideLittle
evidenceseized or –No secure storage for vehicles No security for Records staff or the documentsNo safe room/interview room off of lobby
recycle bins etc…cabinets, finger printing table, shred containers, hallway such as copy machine, storage Fire code violations due to storing equipment in No sprinkler system for fire
suppression
Main Walkway
Heat equipment-servers, electronic equipment and A/Cuniforms etc… stored in areas with Potential fire hazards with records,
Equipment Supply & Case Records
showers)No Hazmat decontamination area (no functional No safe storage for firearms and ammunition2. No proper storage for hazardous materials1. Lacks ventilationstaffProperty and
Evidence area is unhealthy for
Evidence Storage Area
inefficienciescreates disruptions and -out daily operations Patrol squad room is extremely inadequate to carry ECOs. State certification requirement 2012Officers must come off the
street to relieve –Center No break room or restroom facilities in the Dispatch witnesses2. No private area to speak with victims or either Records or Communicationsno handicap window
at -1. Non ADA compliant Lobby is too small
other trainingservice, roll call, orientation or -No space for insimultaneous operations and activitiesCompetition for space for –No conference room employeesconduct private meetings
with citizens or cannot –Multiple people sharing all offices for hours.fingerprints etc… Detectives have to vacate office fuming, –No space to process evidence
at city hall)not power most of the servers (nothing powered breaks down frequently and does –inadequate Emergency generator is obsolete and No room to house servers or complete laptop
Insufficient storage spaceafter a major storm or other disasterNo space to conduct Emergency Operations
materials store drugs, guns, jewelry and hazardous Property/Evidence room lacks design to properly with the holding facilitylocated -Property/Evidence room and office is coevidence
overflowSecond holding cell serves as a property and wall to repairthousand dollars to tear up concrete floor and Plumbing broken in adult holding cells. Several
No women’s locker roomEvidence contamination due to water damageDamage from AC systems and plumbingprotected from the elements or damageBicycles stored off site and not adequately
evidence etc…as vehicles, tires, car parts, large crime scene No space to store and secure large items such
Decreases professionalismCreates inefficienciescapable of providing to the citizensDecreases the level of service the department is Would not meet present building codesNon survivable
for a critical response facilityNot life safety code compliantNon ADA compliant
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