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This is only my limited, personal experience, but I will say that I have noticed a marked improvement in the police presence and attitude in the downtown area. I see more cops throughout DTJC, and they are almost always quick to smile and/or return a simple greeting.

Built with a Dunkin Donuts' Drive Thru! Haha... I actually like JCPD....Union City police...they a bunch of douches though!

imo new construction s_cks. they don't build as well today as they did 100 years ago.

Hopefully the construction job will come out better than the new municipal court house. I read that the court house has been riddled with problems.

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Jersey City breaks ground on $10.4 million police precinct, the first new city police station since 1954

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 5:04 PM
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal

Jersey City officials broke ground this morning on a $10.4 million police precinct in the city?s west district, a new facility that will replace the 140-year-old West District precinct on Communipaw Avenue that a police official today called an ?abomination.?

The 29,000-square-foot precinct, which is scheduled to be completed in 14 months, has been in the works for more than 30 years. Mayor Jerramiah Healy said it will improve the neighborhood as well as police response times.

?We?re finally getting this done,? Healy said.

It will be the first new police precinct in Jersey City since 1954.

The City Council contracted the work back in 2010, but the losing bidder sued, putting the project in limbo for years.

Situated on the corner of Clinton Avenue and Seidler Street, the new precinct?s entrance would face Martin Luther King Drive. The facility will include a bullet-proof reception area, a secure area for prisoner drop-off and pick-up and energy efficient design, according to city officials.

Police Chief Tom Comey today praised the mayor and City Council members for securing the funds, mostly through the city?s capital budget, to construct the new precinct.

According to Comey, the city has been on the verge of building a new West District precinct for decades. Back in the 1970s, he said, officers stationed in the current West District were told ?don?t get too comfortable? because of a rumored new precinct.

Nearly 40 years later, and the new station is finally become a reality, and when it?s finally built, it?ll be like ?Christmas morning,? Comey said today.

Officers contacted The Jersey Journal last year to complain about conditions of the current precinct, saying it had numerous Occupational Safety and Health Administration violations. Today, Deputy Police Chief Peter Nalbach called the current precinct, where about 130 officials are stationed, an ?abomination.?

Councilwoman at large Viola Richardson, a retired police officer, said she was stationed at the West District for a few years during her time with the Jersey City Police Department.

?That building should?ve been condemned 40 years ago,? Richardson said

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