HOUSTON – Houston city leaders officially broke ground Thursday on a new home for the Houston Police Department’s South Central Patrol Station, a project officials say will provide more space for officers and improve service to several central Houston neighborhoods.
Mayor John Whitmire joined HPD Chief J. Noe Diaz Jr., members of City Council and police officers at the ceremony for the future station at 1450 South Lockwood Drive.
The project will transform the former E.B. Cape Learning & Development Center into the new South Central Patrol Station. The division serves neighborhoods including EaDo, the Texas Medical Center, Third Ward and surrounding communities…