Architects Design Group served as the public safety design architect, working alongside a local architecture firm Farnsworth Group, to design a new public safety and courts facility for the City of Altoona. The new public safety facility consists of an approximately 70,000-SF, two-level building to house the City of Altoona’s city hall offices, council chamber, police department, related public improvements, and parking. The Altoona Police Department occupies about two-thirds of the new building.
The specialized components located within the new public safety facility include a public lobby, community meeting room, patrol operations, interrogation rooms, booking, sallyport, roll-call room, training, locker rooms, administration, records, CID / forensics, 50-yard, 12-lane range, property and evidence, public records, kitchen, workspace, physical agility, storage spaces, and secured parking.
Photo Credits: Paul Gates Photography Inc.
