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Tommy Blog District Cancels MPD Move to 225 Virginia Avenue, SE | District Cancels MPD Move to 225 Virginia Avenue, SE |
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| Written by Charles Allen | |
| Wednesday, 08 August 2007 | |
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The Office of Property Management has just releaseed the following statement regarding the move of MPD headquarters to 225 Virginia Ave, SE: (Washington, DC) -- Lars Etzkorn, Director of the DC Office of Property Management (OPM), today announced that OPM has canceled the move of major elements of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to the former Washington Star/Post printing facility at 225 Virginia Avenue, SE. "We have found this deal to be too expensive for the District," Etzkorn said. "Fortunately we realized before it was too late that forcing three dissimilar police functions in this building (a local police station and its cell-block, a warehouse for secure evidence storage along with regular office space) is not cost effective. In addition, we have found the facility to be inconsistent with the adjacent neighborhood. OPM is now studying the future of the building." When the lease was signed in December 2006, the following MPD elements were planned to move to 225 Virginia Ave., SE: evidence storage, violent crimes, narcotics and special investigation, special operations, the superintendent of detectives, MPD Headquarters and the First District Station now in Southwest. |
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