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Middletown police propose converting former fire station on Dixie Highway into an East‑end substation
Summary
Police presented plans to repurpose an existing fire station as a substation to shorten response times on the city’s east side, provide locker and break space for officers, and free storage at headquarters; council discussed funding sources and the possibility of adding a holding cell.
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Middletown police briefed City Council on plans to convert an existing, city‑owned former fire station on Dixie Highway into a police substation to improve east‑side response times and add workspace, storage and break areas for officers.
Why it matters: City leaders said the substation would reduce travel time to incidents on the east side, provide secure storage and workspaces that free capacity at headquarters, and offer officers a place to change, eat and do paperwork without returning downtown.
What the department proposed:…
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