Mayor Sue Finkam joined Carmel Police Chief Drake Sterling and other community members on Thursday to celebrate the recently completed expansion of the Carmel Police Department (CPD).
The renovation and expansion of the department’s headquarters includes an addition that houses the Carmel City Court and Clerk’s Office, formerly located in City Hall, along with the necessary programs accompanied by them, to better serve the community for generations to come.
“As our city grows, we must ensure we continue to provide high-quality services for our community,” Mayor Finkam said. “With the expansion of the Carmel Police Department Headquarters, Chief Sterling and all of our great officers will have the necessary resources to ensure that Carmel remains the best and safest community to live in Indiana as our city continues to grow.”
(From left) Carmel City Clerk Jacob Quinn, the Honorable Judge Brian G. Poindexter, Mayor Sue Finkam, Carmel Police Department Chief Drake Sterling, and Envoy Companies Vice President of Construction Jonathan White. (Photo provided by City of Carmel)
The expanded facility, designed by Carmel-based Studio M Architecture and Planning and built by Envoy Companies, fronts Range Line Road at Gradle Drive and will support the necessary growth in Carmel’s police department infrastructure that corresponds with the city’s increase in population over the past few decades. The former CPD headquarters was originally designed in 1988 when Carmel’s population was just 25,000 residents. As Carmel’s population is now more than 100,000 residents, this new facility triples the original capacity of the pre-existing structure.
“The expansion of the Carmel Police Department Headquarters gives us the tools we need to best serve our community from a centralized location,” Chief of Police Drake Sterling said.
The upgraded headquarters’ modern amenities and advanced technologies include expanded and modernized areas for investigations and processing, indoor vehicle and equipment storage areas, a fitness and rehab area and increased space for tactical training and education.