John J. Partington Public Safety Complex - Town of Cumberland, Rhode Island USA
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Home to the Cumberland Police Department and Emergency Medical Services, the John J. Partington Public Safety Complex officially opened on April 27, 2019. This facility replaced the police station across the street and an EMS HQ on High Street.
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Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2019
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Home to the Town of Cumberland, Rhode Island Police Department and Emergency Medical Services, the John J. Partington Public Safety Complex officially opened on April 27, 2019 at 1379 Diamond Hill Road. It replaced and combined the outdated and cramped police facility directly across the street and the EMS headquarters formerly housed at the Valley Falls Fire Station on High Street.
The complex, like the [ed. former] police station across Diamond Hill Road, is named in honor of the late John Partington, former Cumberland resident and police officer and chief. Partington played a significant role in creating the country’s witness protection program in the 1960s, helping put some 400 mobsters behind bars along the way.
The 20,000-square-foot complex at 1379 Diamond Hill Road gives police and rescue personnel the high-tech modern headquarters they’ve long coveted, paid for through a taxpayer-approved bond. The complex was designed by Kaestle Boos Architects and built by Calson Corp.
Source: The Valley Breeze (4/24/2019)
This single-story building is clad in red brick along the street-facing facade and employs many windows to let in natural light. The majority of the facility is dedicated to the Cumberland Police and the northwest quarter to the EMS. The existing communications tower at 1380 Diamond Hill Road was prohibitively expensive to relocate, therefore, previous technology upgrades were coupled with microwave transmission equipment installed on the new roof to keep the antenna in service.