The current Auburn Police Department headquarters is cramped.
“It’s simply out of space by today’s standards,” Bernie O’Donnell, CEO of Renton-Based Rock Project Management, a consultant, told city officials during an Auburn City Council study session on March 23.
In fact, the headquarters falls 18,000 square feet short of recommended building standards for a police department serving a city the size of Auburn. While staffing is about 150 employees, the city expects its population will burgeon from today’s 90,000 to 114,000 in 2044, and they will need services…