New police station will be coming to Manteca

Yahoo

17-04-2025

(FOX40.COM) — A roughly 8-acre lot at 682 Main Street in Manteca sits empty now, but it is set to be a brand-new police station in the next few years.
The announcement came from city officials this week.
'We pushed hard to put a tax measure in place, which is measure Q, three-quarter cent and one of the promises we made out of that tax measure was that if it passes, we are going to look at trying to get a new police station,' said Manteca city mayor Gary Singh.
Officials say the decades old police station on Center St was long overdue for expansion, especially as they seek to increase staffing in the near future. Singh says the police department currently has 80 sworn officers.
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'We actually have run out of room in our current station,' Singh said. 'Not just even in personnel, but we also don't even have room for our vehicles'
Mayor Singh says half the lot would be used for the new station, and the other half for a possible community resource.
He said the new building may also feature a real-time crime center incorporated into a dispatch center, community rooms where the public can meet, upgrades in technology, and a larger workplace overall to accommodate officers on the job.
Juan Mejia, a 20-year-resident, said he is in support of a bigger new station.
After experiencing a car accident on Wednesday morning, he says he hopes a bigger station will mean more officers will be patrolling nearby to make the streets safer.
'For sure, it will make people feel more safe,' Mejia said. 'Better control for the city and a lot less crime.'
The city's early estimates are that this new project could cost anywhere between $60 million to $80 million.
'Because we have Measure Q for the next 20 years, we'll actually work on getting bonding against that tax measure to pay for this building and get it done now,' Singh said.
Officials say they could start breaking ground next year, and their goal is to have the new station up and running by 2028.
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