Document - Historical information/data - Eagan Police Department new facility - 9/1/1995 New Home for the Eagan Police D
Photos and Story by Joel Schettler ployed 18 officers. Eagan's population The old police department is currently
was 18,000. being renovated for the city government
Eagan police officers have a new place "The last ten years have been an abso- employees and will be complete in Octo-
to work. lutely phenomenal."Geagan said."I don't ber.
This past April the staff of the Eagan think,anyone expected it (population) to
Police Department moved into their new grow as quickly as it did." More photos on pages 30 and 31.
facility located next to the old site. Ac- Currently, 56,000 people reside in
cording to Eagan Police Chief Pat Geagan, Eagan.The police department has grown
the move was necessary due to the in- to include 54 sworn officers, with an
crease in staff and resulting overcrowd- entire staff totaling 80 employees:
ing problems at the former site. The new facility cost$3.7 million and '
"We were absolutely busting out at houses 29,700 square feet of working
the seams," Geagan said. "We had cleri- space. Geagan said that members of the } ,
cal staff sharing desks. Once we would department examined many facilities in
hire someone it was hard to find a place the Twin Cities area to find ideas for the
for them to work." building. Among the departments that
Geagan said the facility was becom- were very helpful include: Apple Valley, `
ing so crowded that guests or even pris- Plymouth,St.Louis Park,and Minnetonka, , . . '
oners would often travel through the clerical Geagan said.
area to speak with officers. In addition, staff members were al-
The overcrowding is attributed to the lowed to give input on the design of their ,
tremendous growth the area has experi- work areas. #f,
enced in the past ten years, Geagan said. "We were ready to stop the process,
The Eagan department began opera- but a lot of the changes they suggested
tion in 1965. During the first 10 to 15 were far better," Geagan said. "You re-
years, the community and the depart- ally have to get the people involved."
ment experienced"slow,steady growth." Currently the department is sharing ►
In 1978,when the officers moved to their their new facility with city employees.
most recent facility, the department em-
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The building cost $3.7 million and houses 29,700 square feet of work space.
Eagan Police Chief Pat Geagan stands Officers moved into the new facility in April.
at the entrance of the newly completed
station.
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