{"id":106885,"date":"2026-01-05T23:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/106885\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T23:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:08:14","slug":"fort-lauderdale-to-begin-demolition-of-outdated-police-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/106885\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale to begin demolition of outdated police headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0January 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM<\/p>\n<p>Demolition to begin on outdated Fort Lauderdale police headquarters <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A major construction project will begin this week in Fort Lauderdale as the city will begin demolishing the former police headquarters on West Broward Boulevard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The building, which dates back to the 1950s, is being torn down as officers transition to a new, state-of-the-art police HQ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">City leaders say the new facility will support modern policing, advanced training, and stronger community engagement, with space for more than 700 sworn and civilian employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The new headquarters replaces a building that has been standing for over 80 years and no longer meets today\u2019s operational and safety needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police services will remain fully operational throughout the transition, with no impact to public safety as officers move into the new space in phases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">City officials say demolishing the former headquarters is a planned part of the overall campus project and will allow remaining site work to be completed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Asbestos abatement has already been completed and demolition activity is expected to begin Jan. 6. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0January 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM Demolition to begin on outdated Fort Lauderdale police headquarters A major construction&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-106885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}