St. John sheriff breaks ground on $15.5 million administration building

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre marked the beginning of a major construction project Friday, Oct. 30, with a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sheriff’s Office’s new administration building along West Airline Highway in LaPlace. The planned 30,000-square-foot, one-story facility will be located at 2105 W. Airline Highway on an 18-acre site adjacent to the Sherman R. Walker Correctional Center, Patrol Headquarters, Fleet Maintenance and the Octavio “Ox” Gonzalez SWAT Training Facility. The new building will consolidate several Sheriff’s Office operations under one roof, including civil departments such as records, bonds and taxes, public relations, the Criminal Investigations Division and the Narcotics Division. “In building at this location, we are creating a Public Safety Complex that will be designed to serve the St. John Parish Community and the Sheriff’s Office for years to come,” Tregre said.

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