Police Station

If there's one thing I have more than enough of in my Lego town, it's police forces.  I've got plenty of people in uniform ready to enforce the law and protect the citizens from the crime.

Lego Police Station

I've a big enough police station to house them in.  I think this was the first building I designed with a larger 48x48 baseplate.  There were several rooms I had to add.  An office for the chief, interrogation, a jail cell, and a lab.

Clockwise from top left: the chief's office, the mobile lab, the jail cell, and interrogation

When I was designing and building my police station, I built it around these elements.  First, I needed a larger entrance for officers to bring in criminals or evidence.  A normal door (4 studs wide, minus the frame) would not have worked, so I went with something wider (and unencumbered).  Then I needed an opening for the mobile lab to drive in and out of the station.  Lastly, I used an 8x16 green brick as a platform for the desk where people can check in to speak to an officer.  The officers themselves don't have anything fancy for desks...  But they really don't need anything more than a chair and surface to work on.

Check-in counter (left) and the officers' desks (right)

I actually have too many police officers.  In addition to the nine who sit in the station, I have eight more on patrol.  I think it's a 40-to-1 ratio, citizens to officers, or something like that.   To help you put that into perspective, that'd be like a city with a million people having more than 24,000 officers.

Police patrol officers, ready to go on the beat.

And it's not just people, I've got too much equipment.  For example, I've got 4 police helicopters.  What the heck am I or anyone else going to do with them?  I need to take them all apart and build a single, larger whirlybird.  To make things eve more difficult, I've got a police jet.  Why does any police force need a jet?  It's ridiculous.

Four (4!!) police helicopters and a jet

I've got a good number of items for the force to use, though I still need a place to store them all.  I'll divvy them up someday, but I've got plenty of time to figure that out.

All the rest of the police equipment housed at the station.