Views of the Neighborhood – The New Lakeway Police Station

~ John W. Howell

Last weekend the new Lakeway Police headquarters had it’s grand opening. Of course, the Producer and I could not miss the event. The station is a great example of Texas Hill Country architecture. I took tons of photos and culled them down to those presented here. There are still quite a few and I hope you won’t be bored.

Lakeway Police

Hard to capture the whole building. This will give you an idea.

Although it was threatening rain many folks showed up.

The view of the main entrance.

The tour line has formed. A few sprinkles have begun.

Hot dogs and donuts (of course)

This is the training room and situation room in an emergency. Yes it is big.

A shot of the front desk. (behind glass)

The Chief of Police office.

The daily briefing room.

Since the force operates on a 24/7 basis a food prep station is needed.

Before entering the interrogation area, Officers place their weapons in these lockers.

A conference room.

The 911 call center which serves Lakeway and Bee Cave communities.

The interior of a holding cell. All suspects are transfered to the county jail after processing so they don’t stay for long.

A cell door.

The drunk tank testing room.

A bench where a suspect is placed until transport can be arranged. The cuff pretty much guarantees the suspect will stay put.

The crime lab where evidence is prepared to be sent to the state for processing.

One of two brand new Harleys for the motorized team.

The walks are lined with dedication opportunities. Pictured are the officers of the Police union.

I hope you enjoyed the tour. As you can see the community is proud of it’s police department and have funded the best for them.

56 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – The New Lakeway Police Station”

  4. Great tour, John. I work for the police department and they have a five story building. It’s quite different, but I suppose they both serve the same function, to keep our community safe. Happy Sunday!

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  5. What a great place, So modern and clean. I’ve never heard of any tours of police stations in the UK, but I can tell you they are nothing like the one in Lakeway, John. The chief’s office looks like the kind of place I could happily write.

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  7. Really nice and constructed for today’s police needs. I recently saw the new one in Durham and got to participate in a situation drill – it’s done on a screen but you have to respond and the video responds to what you do (taser, talk down, or shoot).

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      1. You’re welcome John. I do have many stories about my experience working there. To be honest in all my years of working in hospitals, and clinics the watch house was the safest 🙂

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  11. I nearly spit out my coffee when I got to the “intoxilizer.” I had no idea what that was. Now I do: an intoxilizer is a device for breath-testing for alcohol. But all the entries I found online spell the word “intoxilyzer.” Maybe you could get hired as your police department’s copy editor!

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  12. I had an entirely different idea of how you came to include the PD in your tour of the neighborhood. As in, “This is the handcuff I wore while awaiting transfer.” It’s a nice looking facility. The Chief’s office is kind of spartan, but they gave a little extra to the officers in their briefing room.

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  14. Wow! State of the art, for sure. The intoxilizer (sp?) room certainly is an interesting area. The walkway almost looks like granite or marble. Love the police logo with the sailboat. Thank you for the tour, John.

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  17. A good looking police headquarters, John. Local people must have good relationship with the police department. We have ours very soon. The city departments just played musical chairs. 🙂

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      1. You’re welcome, John. Our city is not big compared with the neighborhood. There was a talk about using the sheriff to save money, but of course the police department wanted to stay!!

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