The Tallahassee Police Department is eyeing a new location on the Southside. Now the City of Tallahassee has issued an invitation for proposals on developing a new public safety complex.
Tallahassee Police Chief Mike DeLeo pictures a place where police officers can interact freely with the community, where the police station can play host to meetings and become more than just a law enforcement entity.
“We’d like it to be a place where a community can come and be involved and engaged in…if someone so, have it be a center, a community piece, beyond just a police department," DeLeo said, outlining his wish-list in October.
TPD’s current building at Lake Ella is an old school, is about 90 years old and has cost the the city $150,000 a year in repairs for the past several. DeLeo estimated the cost to build a new station between $70 million and $100 million. The city has put its initial estimates at $53 million and is eyeing a site near South Monroe and Orange Avenue.
