Warrington Township Police Department New Headquarters Now Open

Local, state and township officials were on hand for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Warrington Township Police Department’s new headquarters on Friday, November 13. The building, located at 2330 Lower Barness Road, Warrington Pa.,features a high-tech prisoner processing center, a “hoteling” office for collaboration with outside agencies, and an in-house training center.

With the assistance of State Senator Maria Collett (D-12)and Representative Todd Polinchock (R-144), the Township received a $1 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant for the construction of the police station and a $223,632 Department of Community and Economic Developmen t(DCED) Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant. The DCED grant allowed for the construction of an access route from the Township Building parking lot directly onto Easton Road through the Homestarr Realty property. This access route allows first responders to get to accident and emergency scenes faster, without having to access Lower Barness Road. The existing police headquarters will be repurposed as township offices.

“The current Administration Building, which houses both the Police Department and Administration Department, was opened in 1993. Since that time, the Township’s population has grown significantly, resulting in the need to increase the number of police officers to provide the quality of service our residents expect and deserve,” said Barry Luber, Township Manager.“Over the last 10 years, we have outgrown our current building. This new facility will meet the needs of our Police Department for decades to come.”

“The new building will allow us to meet the technological, training, staffing, and specialty unit needs of Warrington Township in the modern era,” said Warrington Township Police Chief Police Chief Daniel Friel. "It is something the community can be proud of for many years to come."

Included in the ceremony was the sealing of a time capsule which was installed behind the building’s foundation stone. The time capsule included “artifacts” from the Warrington Township Police Department’s earliest years, up through the present. Also included were a roll of toilet paper, a mask, hand sanitizer and other pandemic-related items, about which Chief Friel remarked that “thirty or fifty years from now, they can figure out what that was all about!”

About Warrington Township

Warrington Township is located in central Bucks County, approximately 20 miles north of central Philadelphia. The Township encompasses 13.5 square miles, bordered on the north by New Britain, Warwick, and Doylestown Townships, on the east by Warminster Township, and on the south and west by Montgomery and Horsham Townships.

Warrington Township is an outstanding community in which to live, work, shop, learn, and recreate with many unique opportunities to enhance the quality of life for those who reside, work, or visit. The goal of the township is to responsibly manage community change and protect community character and assets; preserve the natural environment and farmland; improve mobility; provide adequate township services and public facilities efficiently and equitably; and promote the economic and social well-being of the community. The township is committed to protecting the township, improving the quality of life, sustaining its neighborhoods, and serving the health, safety and welfare of its residents and businesses. For more information, visithttp://www.warringtontownship.org.