Fondren Police Station

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HPD CELEBRATES GROUNDBREAKING OF NEW FONDREN POLICE STATION

Houston Chief of Police Chief Charles A. McClelland, Jr., along with

Mayor Pro Tem Anne Clutterbuck and several local residents, today (Sept.

13) celebrated the groundbreaking of the Fondren Police Station.

Chief McClelland expressed his belief that this station will strengthen

the already strong ties HPD has with the Fondren community.

“We have been committed to southwest Houston and your neighborhoods

for many years,” Chief McClelland said. “Residents are actively

involved with HPD and I want to thank them for their participation and

support.”

But in order to be successful, the already established partnership

between HPD and the community must continue, added the Chief.

“Our officers are very committed to keeping Houston safe,” he said.

“This facility should help us fulfill that mission. This station

will be an anchor in the community, which is one of the tenets of

community policing. We can’t do it alone and the community can’t do

it alone, but together we make an unstoppable force,” Chief McClelland

said.

For Mayor Pro Tem and District C Councilmember Clutterbuck, the station

represents the culmination of a campaign promise five years ago. “We

worked very hard at targeting crime in this area and to bring it a

proper police station,” she said. Because she also lives in the

Fondren community, she added she knows how important this station will

be.

The station will house 176 officers and civilians assigned to Fondren

patrol and offer the officers first class facilities. It will also

house a community meeting room to continue fostering strong relations

between HPD and the roughly 124,000 residents it serves.