In a ceremony befitting a new facility, the Los Angeles Police Department ushered in its 21st community police station. Topanga, which is a Shoshone Indian name believed to mean "a place above," covers the south west portion of the San Fernando Valley including the Canoga Park, Winnetka, West Hills, and Woodland Hills areas.
Thank you for continuing your commitment to the Department" said Police Chief William Bratton. "Thank you for all of this."
Built with funds from Proposition Q, which voters approved in March of 2002, Topanga Community Police Station is 54,000 square feet in size and boasts a 9,000 square foot vehicle maintenance facility that sits on 6 and half acres. This leaves it plenty of room to grow. The station includes a roll call room, a gun cleaning/shoeshine room, a uniform maintenance room, a weight room and a police community meeting room. The functions that will be contained in this station include patrol, detectives, specialized units, commanding officers' offices, community relations, records and crime analysis.
The opening of the Topanga station marks the start of the Department's year long 140th Anniversary Celebration. With a number of new facilities to be come online in the next year, 2009 will indeed be the year of the LAPD.
Gun cleaning/shoe shining room?
They should call it the FLSA room!
Posted by: East Bureau | January 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM