ABINGTON— During the past five years, the town has built upon a growing reputation as a “no-go zone” for drug dealers.
Advanced surveillance techniques, updated training, a network of informants and cooperation with other police departments have combined to produce an arrest rate that has proven daunting for dope sellers, says Chief David G. Majenski.
“We are hearing it more and more that (drug dealers) aren't coming into town. So that's pretty good feedback,” Majenski said.
Majenski said the trail that leads to drug dealers often begins with “the patrol officer that makes a car stop. It's the domestic violence call. It's the call from a parent who might be at wits end with their kid.
“All the arrests are a reflection on the department as a whole,” he said.
With five detectives and a total police force of 28 officers, the department has achieved many of its goals, constrained by working in tight quarters at 215 Central St.
That is set to change next spring when the department moves into a new, 15,400-square-foot building whose construction is well under way.
Already, the concrete shell is up. Workers recently began installing the steel roof and poured the foundation to a separate, 3,000-square-foot storage facility on the two-acre parcel.
The $6.3 million project, which broke ground last April, is expected to be completed in a year.
Majenski, a member of the Police Station Building Committee, the project's official overseer, said work has continued on schedule and within budget.
“Costs are stable. There are no issues within our budget,” he said. “Barring any major obstacles, we should be on time and within budget.” he said.
Empowered by a new facility, police want to carry their anti-drug efforts to the next level, Majenski said.
The new facility will replace a much smaller, outmoded station that was at capacity the day it opened in 1965, Majenski said. The new facility will be equipped with multiple rooms for conducting interviews and staff briefings.
There will also be a state-of-the-art crime lab equipped with the latest computer technology, six prisoner holding cells, locker rooms for police, administrative offices, an enclosed sally port for transporting prisoners and an advanced security system.
Also, there will be ample parking for visitors at the front of the facility, and parking in the rear for police vehicles.
Majenski said the facility should meet the department's space needs for the next five decades and allow future expansion.
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