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13| The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,S eptem ber 20,2018 theifp.ca Graham Paine/Metroland SHINY AND NEW HALTON POLICE'S NEW $65-MILLION FACILITY OFFICIALLY OPENS TO THE PUBLIC SEPT. 24 Halton police cut the ribbon on their new state-of-the art po- lice headquarters during a com- missioning ceremony on Thurs- day, Sept. 13. Officers raised the Canadian, Ontario and Halton police flags outside the $65-million facility as a crowd of current and former members of the Halton Regional Police Service, and others, looked on. The new structure, located on the same regional property at 1151 Bronte Rd., broke ground in October 2015. It will officially open its doors to the public on Monday, Sept. 24. "It is such an unbelievable ho- nour to stand here finally to- day," said Halton Police Chief Stephen Tanner during a speech outside the new headquarters. "It has been a few years in the planning and a couple years in the making and while this facil- ity does stand as a symbol of jus- tice and of policing in Canada, what it is really here for is to serve the men and women who work here, sworn and civilian, and to serve every citizen of Hal- ton." Halton police are moving their headquarters from their current two-storey, 86,000- square-foot facility to the new four-storey, 235,000-square-footfour-storey, 235,000-square-footf structure. The previous headquarters were built in 1991 and Tanner has previously stated the police service has outgrown it. "It served us well, but I am glad to be leaving it," he said. The new building is expected to house the Halton police head- quarters for the next 25 years. It features a 50-metre 10-lane firing range, which can accom-firing range, which can accom-f modate more officers and vehi- cles so officers can train for those instances when shooting from inside a vehicle becomesfrom inside a vehicle becomesf necessary. DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com See NEW, page 16 Halton Regional Police Chief Stephen Tanner out front the services new headquarters on North Service Road, set to open late September.