Portsmouth Police Department Facility

In April 2022 the Portsmouth City Council voted unanimously to authorize $1.4 million to fund “the first part of an intensive public process to understand what is needed for a modern community police facility.” An additional $2.8 million was allocated in the FY23 budget to update the 2014 programmatic needs study and then evaluate facility options including renovation and potential sites for a new facility with an intention to bring forward recommended options. The City conducted a competitive process in early 2023 to select a consulting team to assist with these tasks and selected the design team of LaVallee Brensinger Architects and Architects Design Group (ADG) as the consulting team. The scope of work consists of two parts: updating the 2014 programmatic needs study and developing the information necessary to determine whether to renovate or relocate the police facility along with some conceptual design. This will include review of potential sites. The team will be developing opportunities for community input at various stages of its work.     

LaVallee Brensinger Architects was established in 1976 and is headquartered in Manchester with offices in Boston and Portland ME. Their Civic + Cultural | Municipal branch of the firm is responsible most recently for the new police headquarters in Dover NH, the Public Safety Facility in Wells ME and the police Department Headquarters for the City of Manchester, among other projects. The firm also handled the renovations to the north face of Portsmouth City Hall.  Architects Design Group is a nationally recognized experts in the design of modern community police facilities.