Police Minister Mark Ryan today joined Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll to turn the first sod on the new Pimpama Police complex and announce a boost to police ranks on the northern Gold Coast from early July.
The new $6.084 million facility is being constructed by F.K Gardner and Sons Pty Ltd.
Police Minister Mark Ryan said the project will be co-located with Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) on a block of land at the corner of Cox and Yawalpah roads.
Minister Ryan said works would support up to 20 full-time equivalent jobs for contractors and builders in the community.
"I am pleased this project will support local workers in construction, electrical, plumbing, security and landscaping," Minister Ryan said.
"Once operational the new Pimpama facility will host 36 police officers.
"But the northern Gold Coast will benefit even sooner, with 10 of the extra officers destined for the new Pimpama complex to be hosted at Coomera station from the third quarter of 2021 from where they will remain until the Pimpama project is complete.
"This reflects the government's watershed investment in police personnel, the biggest in 30 years, that will see an extra 2,025 personnel deployed across the state."
Queensland Police Service (QPS) Commissioner Katarina Carroll said the new 24-hour facility would provide contemporary accommodation to meet current and future operational policing needs.
"The facility will have a public counter and foyer area, detainee holding cells, storage facilities, interview rooms and provide accommodation for operational staff," Commissioner Carroll said.
"Importantly, it will provide general duty policing functions, and cater for Criminal Investigation Branch and Child Protection Investigation Unit detectives.
"The facility is necessary to meet the policing needs of the growing population in Pimpama and the surrounding region.
"This facility will provide for an increase in service delivery and support our overriding objective of keeping the community safe."
The fast-tracked build was announced in July last year in line with an expanding community.
Construction is expected to be completed by the end of this year, with the new police complex anticipated to be fully operational by early 2022.
