DUSON, La. ( KLFY ) — The Duson Police Department has a new storage facility for evidence that is more secure, has more room and is located much closer to investigators.
The new storage facility is located directly behind the police department, is double walled and equipped with a security system. The old facility was offsite, located several blocks away from the department, and did not have 24/7 monitoring on it.
Assistant Police Chief James Hodges said the department’s officers and command staff are excited about the new storage facility. He said the new facility feels much more secure than what the department was using before.
“It was primitive, really, and now we’re in a building that we feel is secure. Definitely, many levels of security on it, whether it be the double walls that we have, the security system that we have in place, or just the tracking system of the evidence. There’s nothing that comes in or out of here that we don’t track,” Hodges said.