Public SafetyThursday, November 5
Idaho State Police open a new District 6 office in Idaho Falls after nearly 30 years of planning
The Good Day Idaho Falls team
Troopers, administrators, police officers, deputies and families gathered for a ribbon-cutting Wednesday morning to open District 6's new building, which has been in the planning stages for nearly 30 years.
The nearly $17 million facility has about 24,000 square feet of workspace. It puts 26 troopers and eight detectives under one roof.
The new District 6 office took nearly 30 years to plan
- $17 million
- for the new facility, nearly
- 24,000 sq. ft.
- of workspace, about
- 30 years
- in the planning stages, nearly
Sources: East Idaho News, Local News 8
“The detectives are having to drive, or we meet somewhere. So the efficiencies that are gained by putting everybody in one building you can't even calculate them.”
This is the last ISP facility to be built statewide, and Gardiner put it this way: "I like to say they saved the best for last."
- Address: 1155 Foote Drive, Idaho Falls
- Ribbon-cutting: Wed., Nov. 4
- Inside: weight room, mat training room, indoor firearms simulator
- First ISP facility: built in 2003 in Jerome
Sources: East Idaho News, Local News 8