Deputy chief of administration Grand Junction Fire Department Jim Bright looks up to the second floor of the new Station 1 firehouse at one of the brass poles for quick exit to the firetrucks.

The new kitchen in Station 1.

Each fireman at the station now have their own small sleeping room.

Grand Junction Police Chief John Camper points out the “man trap” feature in the front doors as he stands in the unfinished lobby of the new Grand Junction Police Department building.

The men’s locker room features lockers with the capability to plug in radios and gear inside each one.

New chairs line the walls of the first floor hallway.

Grand Junction Police Sergeants will have a spacious room in which to work at a desk of their own. currently, the sergeants share a single desk, according the Chief John Camper.

One of several interview rooms in the first floor booking area are in the process of having furniture installed.

The first floor booking area has several spartan holding cells with two-way mirrors in which to temporarily keep suspects.

Grand Junction Police Chief John Camper shows evidence lockers in various sizes on the first floor.

Shelves upon shelves are ready in the second floor evidence storage room.

The evidence storage room includes a freezer for evidence that needs to be kept frozen.

A fenced-in area in the evidence room is designed to hold weapons and drugs.

Radio subcontractor Scott Bellendir works on equipment in the Grand Junction Regional Communication Center on the second floor of the building.

Banks of computer monitors ready to go online fill the new Grand Junction Regional Communications Center on the second floor of the Public Safety building.

Radio subcontractor Scott Bellendir works on equipment in the Grand Junction Regional Communication Center on the second floor of the building.

Dispatchers get hands-on training in the new Communications Center training room. In the past, the training was held in a double-wide trailer.

Light from one of many skylights plays across the wall of a hall on the second floor of the building. Architects have designed a number of green aspects into the building.

Chief John Camper points to the “miles” of cable that run along the ceiling in the server room near the Communication Center.

Cables coil up a wall in the server room near the Communications Center.

A decoration on the east wall of the Gary Konzak Training Room resembles an officer’s badge.

Workers turn on the lights in the police department’s new Gary Konzak Training Room on the second floor, which is much larger than the department’s old training room and can seat more than 100. It also has a small kitchen and rolling tables.