A sign unveiling ceremony took place this morning at the site of the new Jonesboro Police Department building. The police department is now operational out of the new building on South Caraway Road in Jonesboro. Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliot tells about the move into the new building.
“Well, we starting moving into the new building yesterday and we are finishing it up today. We are here and functioning, but we still have some unpacking to do.”
He says the building has been renovated and has the latest technology and modern equipment to help make the operations at the department become more efficient. Elliot says the new building may not help out in providing more space, but he says that is a good thing. That is because the Jonesboro Police Department continues to grow.
“We still have services in other buildings downtown. This is a step of getting out of the old building on Washington, and hopefully we can move everything into one building someday.”
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin says he is happy to see the police department in the new facility. He tells what attracted him to the new building.
“This building seems to be built for a police department. We were able to take three operations that were scattered all over town and put them into one building, particularly in the motor pool area. We have combined some of the personnel here. We still have patrol downtown and some other stuff. We have a lot of land here, and eventually, we may look at adding onto this later on.”
