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Lake Placid police chief urges new station and accredition to improve training, records and evidence security
Summary
Lake Placid police leaders told the town council the department’s 1969 facility is failing to meet accreditation standards and evidence-storage needs. Staff identified ARPA funds and infrastructure money earmarked for a new building but said additional taxpayer funding will be required.
Lake Placid — The town’s police chief told the Lake Placid Town Council on March 10 that the police department’s current facility is outmoded and poses security and operational problems that will impede the department’s ability to seek accreditation and to meet evidence- and records-retention requirements.
The chief described the current building as originally constructed in 1969 and converted to the police department in 1996. He said the evidence room can be accessed by climbing over a floating ceiling, there is inadequate server-room cooling, limited parking and insecure exterior camera wiring. “Our Evidence Room…you can get into our Evidence Room through the roof. This is completely unacceptable for a law enforcement facility,” the chief said.
Why it matters: Accreditation can expand access to grants, require clearly documented policies…
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