PARLIER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Parlier Police Department said they request millions of dollars to upgrade their gathering and to amended service the community.
Parlier Police Chief David Cerda has worked for the section for 27 years, and for astir of his clip moving there, it's looked the nonstop same.
It's a tiny achromatic gathering that looks similar immoderate aged bureau inside.
Cerda said money from the authorities and national authorities volition assistance them alteration the department. They are readying to renovate the exterior and springiness the full gathering a facelift. Cerda said helium met with Congressman Jim Costa connected Monday astir however overmuch wealth they volition need.
"We've done immoderate elemental remodeling arsenic acold arsenic flooring, cosmetic coating implicit the years, but thing to this extent," helium said.
Cerda said it's not conscionable astir curb appeal; helium said the caller gathering volition assistance the assemblage consciousness much astatine easiness from the 2nd they locomotion successful the door. They program connected including a assemblage country successful the lobby, and the upgrades to the detective interrogation rooms volition support some the conservations and the radical safer.
He said portion of the $4 cardinal task is already complete. The backmost parking batch is present afloat automated with a ceramic partition to assistance support everything secure.
"The wide task is adjacent to $4 million, and that's going to get america to a constituent wherever I deliberation we tin beryllium much businesslike and the upgrades are going to beryllium indispensable and, you know, elevating the morale with the section here," helium said.
At this point, it's not known erstwhile the section volition get the remainder of the wealth to implicit the construction, oregon erstwhile that operation could beryllium completed.