Examine current trends & challenges within the public safety environment and explore real-world examples of facilities that have incorporated solutions designed to create workflows, improve processes, boost productivity, and increase officer morale.

AIA Presentation: Growth, Change and the Future of Public Safety Design

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Public Safety Spacesaver Case Studies

Public Safety

Spacesaver Creates a Showplace at the University of Oregon 

Let our team of athletic storage experts show you how to identify challenges within your space and demonstrate storage solutions you can utilize to create and maintain a winning environment.

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Athletics Spacesaver Case Studies

Athletics

We can help you understand indoor growers’ biggest challenges and how our GROW Mobile systems help overcome them.

Product Presentation - Complete GROW System Walkthrough

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Agriculture Spacesaver Case Studies

Agriculture

Lean how to design for space conraints in various workplaces from the office, to educational institutions, to museums and beyond. 

AIA Presentation - Design for Various Workplaces

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Business Spacesaver Case Studies

Business

“Integrating Storage Across Campus” leads with trends and walks through various areas of campus where storage can impact learning, efficiency, and recruitment. Sign up for a virtual presentation with Spacesaver.

AIA Presentation - Higher Education Storage Across Campus

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Education Spacesaver Case Studies

Education

Learn how to improve patient care, control costs and save space within the healthcare environment. This presentation can count toward 1 AIA/IDEC/HSW LU credit.

AIA Presentation: Designing Healthcare Facilities

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Healthcare Spacesaver Case Studies

Healthcare

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Manufacturing Spacesaver Case Studies

Manufacturing

How storage solutions can support modernization capabilities and enhance readiness of the military by branch. Can count towards 1 AIA/IDEC/HSW LU credit.

AIA Presentation - Modernizing Capabilities and Enhancing Readiness for the Military

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Military Spacesaver Case Studies

Military

Get expert insight into transforming libraries to meet user's changing needs that can count towards 1 AIA LU/HSW accredited.

AIA Presentation - Transforming Libraries to Meet Changing Needs

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Library Spacesaver Case Studies

Library

Get the expert insight into designing safe, efficient, and engaging collection storage spaces. 

AIA Presentation - Best Practices for Collections Storage and Facility Planning 

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Museum Spacesaver Case Studies

Museum

From high-density mobile systems to bin storage, Spacesaver has the solutions and the experience to ensure every section of your station is ready to go when needed.

Proven, dependable solutions for answering the call

Extinguishing Inefficiency At Fort Fire Department

<h2>Putting Out Fires With Passion and Precision</h2>

<p>It's no coincidence that a fire engine is dispatched to most calls received by your city's emergency response centers. These invaluable vehicles and the dedicated individuals who fill them are often the first line of support for citizens in need. One contributing factor of their effectiveness, centers around the solutions they employ to remain prepared both for training and for storing and preserving the systems they utilize.</p>

<p>In an emergency response situation, a delay in access to the resources required to address the incident(s) at hand could be the difference between triumph and tragedy. Knowing this, the Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin Fire Department immediately reached out to its local storage provider for help in outfitting its newly approved and funded facility. That's where our own team of dedicated professionals took the chief position to extinguish inefficiency within every one of the station's settings.</p>

<p>A public safety facility's design needs to be as unique as the individuals it serves. Let the experts at Spacesaver show you how we can help deliver the right solutions for your citizens.</p>

A Functional Fit For Your Facility

<h2>Accounting For Increased Fire Department Employees</h2>

<p>Part of the funding for the station – approved through two separate referendums – including the addition of six paramedics/firefighters and six advanced Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT)/firefighters to provide 24/7, 911 emergency medical services (EMS) and firefighting services. With this addition, came a need for increased storage space for the gear, goods, and grub required to keep them ready at a moment’s notice.</p> 

<p>Our experts started by taking stock of the new space and its layout, identifying potential improvements and ways to accommodate growth projections. Taking these inputs into account, our team of in-house designers and certified installers delivered specialized storage for locations across the station that are as functional as they are accessible.</p>

<h3>Kitchen</h3>

<p>As many shifts within the station can last for more than 24 hours, staff need dependable solutions for keeping food reserves safe and organized. To address this issue, Spacesaver installed its 4-Post Shelving with locking doors in the station’s pantry. Now each team and shift have their own cabinet filled with their respective delectables.</p>

<h3>EMS Supply Storage</h3>

<p>For the station’s EMTs tasked with responding to calls, any disruption can be a matter of life and death. To help reduce the amount of time spent searching for necessary supplies, Spacesaver transformed a small room adjacent to the ambulance bay. Included to maximize capacity in the storage space, is a mixture of mechanical-assist HDMS and static shelving designed to allow responders to access the materials they need and get to those in need.</p>

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<h3>Maintenance Storage</h3>

<p>It takes having a myriad of replacement parts and tools on hand and at the ready to keep ambulance and fire crews and their equipment running at peak efficiency. Utilizing 4-Post shelving and FrameWRX bins, staff can store items of all shapes and sizes and know they will be where they need to be, when they need to be.</p>

<h3>Office and PPE Supplies</h3>

<p>From maintaining PPE to preserving necessary records and accessories, administrative functions play a key role in maintaining a cohesive chain of information throughout the station. To accommodate the volume and variety of materials needed to be stored, we equipped the station with mechanical-assist HDMS. Fully configurable to fit boxes, bags, and cases of all sizes, each carriage can be relocated at the turn of a handle until the right solution is found.</p>

<h3>Personal & Professional Gear Storage</h3>

<p>As damage to gear is a common occurrence that can leave users vulnerable to the elements of the job, spare equipment must be kept on hand. Knowing this and how bulky these items can be, our experts provided mechanical-assist HMDS dedicated to maximizing storage capacity for boots, jackets, helmets, gloves, and many more integral items.</p>

<h3>Personal Storage Lockers In Sleeping Area</h3>

<p>As responders need to be well rested and ready for action, the station has several bunk areas equipped with beds and bedding. To reduce any delay when the call for service comes in, we installed our trusted FreeStyle Personal Storage Locker (PSL) within the sleeping area to store both personal and professional belongings. Each of these lockers are customized to fit the specific needs of each department and their members, accounting for requirements ranging from ventilated shoe storage to USB charging functionality.</p>

Here's a locker system that's designed to change just as fast as the environment they are placed in. Sizes that fit your space, configurations that meet your demands, and accessories to make them your own.

Putting the Home in Home Base

<h3>Overflow Storage</h3>

<p>While our storage plan accounted for all sections of the station, there was a need for a solution that could provide a secure option for any "where should this go?" question. For Fort Atkinson Fire Department, these items included paper towels, coffee accessories, plastic silverware, and more. To keep these items out of sight – but not out of mind – our experts provided 4-Post Shelving with full-height doors to provide secure storage with a better aesthetic.</p> 

<h3>Installing Confidence In Your Community</h3>

<p>With more than 50 years in business, Spacesaver's facility design experts understand that each location requires its own set of unique solutions. Our in-house engineers and project managers team up with our network of local distributorships to serve hundreds of agencies, large and small. Let our team help plan your next project, install Spacesaver products, and provide ongoing service for any facility.</p> 

Rows of fire hoses being stored on Spacesaver shelving

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Storage Solutions For Courageous Company

Spacesaver helps a local police department maximize its new space and impact within the community.

Learn how Spacesaver used their comprehensive law enforcement product lineup to help bring a department and community together.

Delivering Order for the Law 

<h2>Old Station On The Block</h2>
<p>Operating out of a 1990’s building whose useful life as a police station (and many other functions) was well passed, the city of Mishawaka, Indiana was at a crossroads when considering the future residence of its police force. On one hand, they could invest several million dollars into revamping its current facility; while on the other, they could seek out a more fitting home for their officers and operations.</p>
<p>Whichever option they pursued, there were several departments requiring an update. Their records system consisted of a mix of inefficient, static filing cabinets containing decades of records; their evidence bay was characterized by plastic tubs on stationary shelving; and their locker rooms were a poor reflection of the level of safety and security these brave individuals swore to provide for the community.</p>


<h2>Liberty Brings Justice For All</h2>
<p>After considering their options, the city turned their attention to a 92,000 SF building in the center of the city. Formerly occupied by Liberty Mutual, this newly vacant space was the perfect location – on a main thoroughfare – but was far too much space to justify housing only the Police Department. However, after marketing the space to national tenants who could potentially utilize it to the fullest, city administrators devised a plan to keep its inhabitants local.</p>


<p>Seeing an opportunity to update multiple out-of-date buildings at one time and boost the vitality of the city, they chose to purchase the building to combine city services including City Hall, Utilities Business Office, and Police Department – all under the same roof. Now, with its new home selected and secured, city and police administrators began the search for a partner to help outfit the facility.</p>

<h2 style="text-align:center;">Solving The Case of Underutilized Space</h2>
<p style="text-align:center;">After doing their due diligence – which included viewing and reading about completed projects in the region – to fully understand the parameters of the new space and the future needs of the department, police officials brought in their <a href="/partners">local Spacesaver expert</a> for support. Their goal was to outfit the space in a manner that would create a welcoming environment for officers, staff, and the community to interact. Department by department, solution by solution, our expert worked with officers and staff to deliver the highest and best use for their new space.</p>

<h4>Look At These Lockers</h4>
<p>The most resounding example of this transformation can be found in the facility’s locker rooms. Once a collection of beaten and discolored, one-size-fits-all receptacles, the department’s new <a href="/products/lockers/personal-storage-locker" aria-label="personal storage locker product details">Spacesaver FreeStyle® Personal Storage Lockers</a> are a work of art. Designed to accommodate the specific requirements of each officer’s personal and professional storage demands, these lockers facilitate a secure space for individuals to make a smooth transition between civilian and civil servant.</p>

<h4>The Proof Is In The Putting</h4>
<p>A place for everything, everything in its place. The origin of this quote may not be clear, but its significance as it applies to evidence storage is as clear as crystal. Even the smallest discrepancy in the processing or handling of a piece of evidence can prove catastrophic for the success of a prosecutor when trying a case. Our storage expert fully understood this fact and the needs of the department, and delivered a wide array of solutions including High-Density Mobile Shelving Systems, Pass-Thru and Non-Pass-Thru Lockers, and Refrigerated Evidence Lockers, to name a few.</p>

<h2>Installing Confidence In Your Community</h2>
<p>With more than 50 years in business, <a href="/public-safety" aria-label="public safety storage solutions">Spacesaver’s law enforcement experts</a> understand the vital importance of secure and effective public safety storage. Our in-house engineers and project managers team up with our network of local distributorships to serve hundreds of agencies, large and small. Let our team help plan your next project, install Spacesaver products, and provide ongoing service for any facility.</p>

spacesaver case study - delivering order to law enforcement facility

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Delivering Order for the Law

See how this sheriff’s department stores long-term evidence in a specially designed off-site evidence storage warehouse in Florida.

Spacesaver helps this sheriff’s office keep evidence organized and compactly stored.

Designing an Off-Site Evidence Storage Warehouse for Law Enforcement

<h2>Overcrowded Evidence Storage</h2>
<p>Law enforcement agencies need to store evidence for serious crimes for decades, usually until the convicted person has fulfilled his or her sentence. As a result, evidence accumulates from year to year, and this can lead to overcrowding in long-term evidence storage areas.</p>
<p>That was certainly the case at a sheriff’s office in Florida that typically takes in about 20,000 evidentiary items every year. The agency had been using static shelving in a 1930s-era prison for storing evidence for decades, but the facility was running out of space. In addition, the prison wasn’t designed to hold evidence: the doorways were too narrow to accommodate bulky items and the aging structure was susceptible to occasional flooding.</p>
<p>The project planning team wanted to optimize space, plan for future growth, and streamline workflows.</p>
<p>Despite the building’s shortfalls, the sheriff and his team had achieved CALEA (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) certification, which reflected their commitment to best practices in evidence storage. In order to keep their accreditation, and to keep serving the community efficiently, they needed to build a better space.</p>

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Secure Off-Site Evidence Storage

<h2>Off-Site Warehouse with XTend® Mobile High-Bay Shelving</h2>
<p>Because Spacesaver is the industry leader in high-bay shelving, the project planning team called on the local Spacesaver consultant for assistance. They worked together for the next four years to <a href="/products/high-density-mobile-systems/high-bay-mobile-system">design a high-bay shelving system</a>, along with a variety of other solutions, to help keep evidence organized and secure. When the time came to build out the facility, the nearby factory-trained Spacesaver crew installed the shelving and evidence lockers. </p>
<p>The Spacesaver shelving provides about 40% more storage capacity.</p>

<p>The new building is a model of best practices in evidence storage. Long-term evidence is stored on a pair of custom 40-foot-long by 20-foot-high <a href="/products/high-density-mobile-systems/high-bay-mobile-system">XTend® High-Bay Mobile Storage Systems</a>. These systems take advantage of the facility’s vertical height, while also eliminating wasted aisle space, to gain about 40% more storage space than they had at their old site. The shelving is four feet deep to perfectly accommodate two two-foot banker’s boxes, and the boxes can be accessed from either side to improve efficiency and convenience. Aisles are opened at the point of need by press-button, app, or remote control, and every aisle has Automated Guided Vehicle technology, which helps the mechanical order pickers operate with more precision and safety. </p>
<p>The new building is a model of best practices in evidence storage.</p>

Temporary Evidence Storage

<h2>A Secure System</h2>
<p>The result is an end-to-end evidence storage and retrieval system that helps ensure that evidence is secure and justice is served. The fully optimized storage facility also has plenty of room to grow in the future, and the Sheriff’s Office has maintained its CALEA accreditation. </p>

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Designing an Off-site Evidence Storage Warehouse for Law Enforcement

See how a new facility saves space with police records storage and evidence storage on high-density mobile shelving.

A community builds a new police department with convenient police records storage and evidence storage.

Balancing Transparency & Security in a New Police Facility

Principal at McClaren, Wilson & Lawrie

<h2>A New Facility for a Modern Approach</h2>
<p>The thirty-year-old police building in Oswego, Illinois, was originally designed to accommodate 50 employees. As the community grew and changed, so did the department’s staff and policing style.</p>
<p>When the time came to design a new facility, the planning team agreed that the building should reflect those changes. They wanted the new police building to serve as a resource for the community and the region, to foster a sense of camaraderie among the staff and the public, and to provide room to grow, particularly in the police records storage and evidence storage areas.</p>



<p>Most of all, the officers and the community wanted the building to be more transparent and open.</p>
<p>“As a village, we wanted a facility that would be inviting and welcoming,” said Chief Jeff Burgner. “We wanted the public and the staff to want to come here.”</p>
<p>This design approach is a departure from the “fortress” concept that was popular in the past, and it arises from a new approach to community policing, said Dean Roberts, one of the architects on the project. “Our more recent projects look very different from a generation ago,” he said. “We’re trying to build a bridge between police staff and the residents of a community. Our job is to help them design a building that gets them where they want to go.”</p>

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Police Chief 

<h2>A Beacon to the Community</h2>
<p>Wanting to build a facility that would endure for decades, the village chose a building site near the fire department’s headquarters to create a public safety campus that will be at the center of the community as it grows. The building truly is a beacon to the community, featuring an iconic tower, glass walls, a regional training center, and a community room. Compact storage for records and evidence provide room to grow and free up valuable space for other uses.</p>

<h2>Encouraging Teamwork</h2>
<p>The staff entrance opens onto a “Staff Hub” that features casual seating, a commons area, and video monitors that display computer-aided dispatch information and updates on local conditions. The main areas for patrol function are all conveniently located off the Hub.</p>
<p>The Hub posed a unique design challenge but also an opportunity to subtly influence the department’s culture, Roberts said. “Officers are trained to be independent, to operate autonomously. But in the building, we’re trying to bring everyone together and form one team. The design of a building can encourage a culture that fosters teamwork.”</p>

Architect 

<h2>Secure Police Records Storage and Evidence Storage</h2>
<p>Although the public areas of the facility are open and welcoming, the building also needed secure areas for police records storage and evidence storage. The design team wanted to store items compactly in these areas to free up space elsewhere in the facility for workstations, training, and other uses.</p>
<p>That’s why they chose Spacesaver high-density shelving systems, which move on rails to eliminate wasted aisles and optimize storage space.</p>

<h3>Evidence Storage</h3>
<p>The old building had overflowed the physical limits of its storage space. “We had outgrown evidence storage in the old building,” Burgner said. “We needed to build in room to grow.”</p>
<p><a href="/products/high-density-mobile-systems" aria-label="high density mobile sytem product details">High-density Spacesaver systems</a> optimize space in the new evidence room. Evidence is stored in large or small totes, and smaller evidence is stored in envelopes inside drawers that are sized to optimize space. Evidentiary weapons are stored in boxes in an aisle that locks down to provide an additional layer of security.</p>

<h3>Police Records Storage</h3>
<p>Long-term police records storage had also been a problem in the old building. The new facility features a records room conveniently located adjacent to the administrative area. The room is fitted with a Spacesaver system for efficient space use. Because juvenile records require an additional layer of security, those records are secured on Spacesaver shelving fitted with locking tambour doors.</p>


<h2>Welcoming the Community</h2>
<p>A multi-purpose community room that can accommodate 40 to 80 people is located near the main lobby. With floor-to-ceiling glass panes that surround three sides, the room serves as a venue for department educational seminars, regional training sessions and community gatherings.</p>

<h3>An Award-Winning Facility</h3>
<p>The new building is a hit with officers and the community. It has also won design awards, including the Project of the Year award from the American Public Works Association and the American Institute of Architects’ Justice Facilities Review Award.</p>
<p>Even better than the official accolades, Roberts said, was attending the opening ceremony and seeing how pleased the staff and the community were with the new facility. “They had been doing the best they could with a building they had outgrown ten years before,” Roberts said. “It was gratifying to see them have the space they want, in a facility that brings them together. It’s honestly the most rewarding part of my career: helping people who serve their communities.”</p>


oswego public safety evidence storage solutions install story

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Police Records Storage and Evidence Storage

This new facility was designed to foster positive community relations and provide police evidence storage to maintain the department's accreditation.

A New Police Building with a Focus on Community

<h2>Welcoming the Community</h2>
<p>Like many police departments throughout the United States, the Arlington Heights Police Department wanted to strengthen its relationship with the community. The department had been pursuing a number of community-oriented programming initiatives for years, and now they had the opportunity to build a physical structure that reflected this goal. They wanted a large community room to host meetings and gatherings, and they wanted public spaces to be filled with natural light to help create a pleasant, inviting atmosphere.</p>
<p><b>The building features bright and welcoming public spaces, which help balance the need for security with a feeling of openness and transparency.</b></p>

Deputy Police Chief 

<h2>Improving Comfort & Workflow</h2>
<p>Another design goal was to promote efficient workflows in the building’s secure areas and minimize wasted time and inconvenience for officers and staff.</p>
<p>“It’s all about efficiency,” said Deputy Police Chief Nicholas Pecora. “In our previous building, we had to go down to the basement, get all our gear out of the old high-school style lockers, then come upstairs to roll call, put all our stuff down while we got our assignments, then gather it all up again and head out to the garage. You needed a sherpa to get through the building.”</p>

<p>The new building takes a completely new approach. The locker rooms are upstairs, so officers can get dressed and go down to the main floor for roll call. <a href="/products/lockers/gear-locker">Duty bag lockers</a> are conveniently located between the briefing room and garage. “Now you grab all your heavy gear on the way to your car,” Pecora said. “It’s so much better.”</p>

Rifles and duty bags are stored in police lockers adjacent to the garage, so officers can pick up their gear on the way to their patrol cars. “We wanted to minimize carrying heavy gear through the building,” said the deputy chief.

<h2>Turning a Tragedy Into an Asset</h2>
<p>Like many cities across the Midwest, Arlington Heights had to cut down thousands of ash trees due to infestation by an insect called the emerald ash borer. Fortunately, the public works department had the foresight to keep the trunks of larger trees. When the time came to plan and construct the new police building, those trees were milled and used for paneling and tables. Similar ash wood was incorporated into the design of the Spacesaver FreeStyle police lockers.</p>


<h6>Lockers pictured are <a href="/products/lockers/personal-storage-locker">Spacesaver Freestyle® Personal Storage Lockers</a> <small>featuring:</small></h6>
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<li>Drawer with boot liner &amp; body armor drying rack</li>
<li>Integrated wood bench</li>
<li>Louvered door &amp; drawer</li>
<li>Combination lock with master key override</li>
<li>Padlock hasp</li>
<li>Sloped top to maintain an orderly appearance</li>
<li>Electrical outlet</li>
<li>Double-walled, welded steel doors</li>
<li>Powder-coat paint color: Whisper on upper with Black drawer front</li>
</ul>

<h2>Police Records & Evidence Storage</h2>
<p>Securely tracking and storing evidence and records are vital functions of any police department. The AHPD gained accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in 2008 and followed strict procedures to maintain it during and after the move to the new building.</p>
<p>To help ensure that evidence and records are documented, transferred, and stored in compliance with CALEA-approved procedures, the department uses Spacesaver police evidence storage lockers and high density storage systems. High-density systems consist of shelving that moves along rails installed in the floor to optimize space and provide room to grow. These systems save space in the records room and the long-term evidence storage area.</p>


<p>Biological evidence needs to be kept cold, and this half-height pass-through <a href="/products/lockers/evidence-locker">refrigerated evidence locker</a> preserves evidence as it’s transferred from the collecting officer to the AHPD’s in-house evidence lab. <a href="/products/lockers/evidence-locker">Pass-through lockers</a> allow officers to deposit evidence from one side of a wall, and then evidence technicians can access the evidence from the highly secure evidence processing area.</p>

The department wanted to get the best value while bypassing the cumbersome bidding process. That’s why they used the National IPA contract (now under OMNIA Partners) to acquire the Spacesaver personal storage lockers, evidence lockers, shelving, and duty bag lockers throughout the new facility.

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‘A testament to style and function’

Public Safety Storage Projects

Storage Solutions For Courageous Company

Delivering Order for the Law

Designing an Off-site Evidence Storage Warehouse for Law Enforcement

Police Records Storage and Evidence Storage

A New Police Building with a Focus on Community

Improving Evidence Room Layout to Gain Accreditation

Secure Evidence Warehouse Design

Law Enforcement Facility Design

Off-Site Evidence Warehouse Keeps Evidence Organized & Secure

Skokie Police Department Boosts Morale with Uniform and Gear Lockers

Property and Evidence Storage Now Secure at Durham County Sheriff

Police Equipment Lockers Contribute to LEED Certification at Franklin PD

Evidence Storage Lockers Assist with Accreditation at Bensalem Police Department

Secure Police Storage at Aurora Police Department

Secure Corrections Facility Storage

Compact Crime Lab Storage Solves Space Issues for Illinois State Police

Evidence Preservation Meets Organization at DeKalb Police Department

Configurable Police Gear Lockers Create Comfort for Officers at Salisbury PD

Smart Inmate Property Bags Storage Eliminates Inefficiencies at East Mesa Reentry Facility

Crime Lab Storage Solved for Northeast Police Agency

Revamped Long-Term Evidence Shelving Creates Efficiency at Skokie Police Department

Temporary Evidence Storage a Long-Term Solution at Bensalem PD

Double Tier Lockers Conserve Space at Sunrise Police Department

Secure Storage Lockers Save Space at East Mesa Detention Center

Secure Locker Storage Increases Efficiency at Bensalem Police Department

Ventilated Gear Lockers Boost Morale at Franklin Police Department

New Inmate Clothing Storage Leads to Better Working Conditions at Guilford County Detention Center

New Inmate Property Storage Doubles Capacity at Colorado Detention Center