East Nashville residents and the police officers who serve them will come together Tuesday, July 24, to celebrate the opening of the brand new, state-of-the-art East Precinct station.
The grand opening ceremony, at which Mayor Bill Purcell, Chief Ronal Serpas, and community leader Bob Acuff will speak, is scheduled for 5 p.m. in the community room of the precinct (located at 936 East Trinity Lane, just off Ellington Parkway).
The 20,000 square foot building, which has been under construction for the past ten months, will be home to more than 130 officers, detectives, and administrative staff. It is six times larger than the extremely cramped East Precinct building on Dr. Richard G. Adams Boulevard, which opened in 1988. Decentralization of police department services in 2004 created the necessity for a portable building to be placed behind the old precinct to accommodate officers.
“For years to come, the safety of East Nashville will begin at 936 East Trinity Lane,” Mayor Purcell said. “Nashville deserves this new precinct building. The officers deserve it. The public deserves it.”
“This new facility provides much needed room for East Precinct officers and detectives to advance investigations and help build on the safety of this area,” Chief Serpas said. “It also offers a unique space for citizens to hold neighborhood meetings. We want the entire East Nashville community to feel welcome here.”
The new East Precinct was designed by Architectural Affiliates, PLLC, and constructed by Knestrick Contractor, Inc., at a total cost of just more than $4 million.
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