New ASP Headquarters Under Construction at Warren, Serving 9 Counties, Including Drew
July 19th, 2017 by iPhone
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and commanders of the Arkansas State Police, along with state police commissioners, broke ground today signaling construction to begin on a new $2.8-million dollar troop headquarters.
“Seventy-four years ago in Warren, the Arkansas State Police built a headquarters building that we now know as Troop F Headquarters. It was one of the first four built in the state,” said Governor Hutchinson.
Troop F Headquarters, originally designated District 4 in 1943, was among the first of four headquarters to be built following the 1935 Arkansas General Assembly session creating the Department of Arkansas State Police. Eighty-two years later there are twelve Arkansas State Police troop headquarters.
Nine south Arkansas counties (Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Ouachita and Union) are served by Highway Patrol Division, Troop F.
Currently there are 26 state troopers patrolling the highways in this area under the command of Captain Charles Hubbard.
Troop F also provides integral communication services 24-hours a day for state troopers and other law enforcement services in the immediate area.
Six full-time telecommunication personnel are assigned to the troop
With 11,041 square feet of building space being planned for the new structure, more than twice the size of the existing facility, the headquarters building will also house offices for the special agents of the department’s Criminal Investigation Division and Crimes Against Children Division.
Construction of the new building is expected to be completed by mid-year 2018.
