TECHNOLIGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

P. CASAL, QUIAPO, MANILA

RESEARCH IN ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN III

 WHAT IS POLICE STATION

 WHAT ARE THE SPACE REQUIREMENT OF POLICE STATION
 ATLEAST FIVE (5) ILLUSTRATION OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN OF POLICE
STATION CONTEMPOPARY DESIGN

SUBMITTED BY: VELICARIA, KATHLEEN MAE R.

AR21FA3
SUBMITTED TO: AR PRIMALYN HIPONA

POLICE STATION

A police station (sometimes called a "station house") is a building which serves to

accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices
and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding
cells and interview/interrogation rooms.
 Police station represent one of the necessary governmental functions requiring careful
planning. One of the most serious administrative problems confronting most police forces is
lack of adequate or proper space and facilities for a police headquarter a and jail.

SPACE REQUIREMENTS

There are two main objectives to be considered in the construction of the police
department building: first, the handling and processing of the prisoners; second, the service to
the public- The arrangement should be such that prisoners may be handled within the police
department itself, without allowing the prisoner to be in contact with the public generally.

Police stations should be planned as if they are to be in a separate location from other
structures. If analysis of site locations for a police station permits other structures housing
other city functions (each as city hall or fire station) to be erected on the same site without
interfering with the proper discharge of functions. Then one central site can be chosen.

The jail section of a building should be above the ground and set back tar enough from
the property tine to prevent contact between prisoners and persons outside of the building Jail
quarters should be accessible to a loading space at, or within, the building for the
transportation of prisoners. It should be located where the vehicular traffic is not too heavy.
Off-street parking, space for expansion, light and air on all sides, and separate entrances must
be provided whenever possible. It has been found in small, compactly built cities and towns
that one location will serve all city departments under one roof. When the city or town area
extends only a few blocks in any direction, access to arterial streets

Police Stations, Planning and Specifications, Bureau of Governmental Research and

Services, University of Washington, Seattle Wash. 1954

Is readily possible. Such a central site, however, should be so laid out that it gives an
opportunity for the public to enter the administration rooms from one street, the fire
department from another side street, and the police department from a third aide or from the
rear. In all these cases, the location in relationship to the various land uses, the treat pattern,
and size of the site itself makes it possible that this central site can have all the governmental
units in one location and lilt meet all the sits requirements of the individual function separately

Construction Building Code

 The building should be fire resistant, properly lighted, heated, and ventilated.
The plans should be arranged to prevent smoke and hot gases, from cooking or
heating units, from passing through the building at any
  Fire safety devices such as standpipes, fire hose, extinguishers, and alarms
should be amply provided,

 If the building is of two stories or more, two or more enclosed stairways should
be provided according to building regulations tor fire hazards.

Facilities

1, Windows adjacent to jail quarters should have steel bars or steal detention sash with
screening devices and be inaccessible to prisoners. All parts of detention quarters should be
separated from exterior walls by a mash partition, parallel to outside walls and 3 ft inside them,
to prevent passing of contraband, exhibitionism, and to give passage for supervising personnel

2. Storage a safe storage place should be provided for cash and valuable articles.

3, Firearms, weapons, and medicines should be stored in strong, securely locked cabinets
inaccessible to prisoners; they should be kept in locations removed from jail quarters and
corridors-

4. Firefighting Apparatus All fire hazards should be guarded against. Avoid exposed electrical
installations, wood partitions, straw ticks,, paper, rags, and other combustible materials-Fire
hose in locked cabinets should be easily accessible for inspection, for jail personnel to have for
drilling, and for use in event of fire or emergency,

5. Telephone, Red» The telephone and radio service should include equipment for fire calls and
auxiliary fire alarm as well as provision for right-of-way calls, conference calls, watch Galls from
stations of duty, and supervisory calls.

6. Detective Division the location of a detective division will depend upon the workload
involved and the number of detectives employed. There should be » main detective office large
enough to permit all detectives to get together for briefing and instructions. In addition, there
should be small rooms located adjacent to the main detective office, which can be used to
interrogation purposes. Those need not be elaborate and require only a desk end two or three
chairs,

7. Show up Room In case n show-up room is desired, it should be located in such a manner as to
permit the shuttling back and forth of prisoners from the confinement quarters to the show-up
room without coming into contact with the public.

8. Visitors' Room A visiting room should be provided so as to promote informal interviews

under adequate supervision, The visitors' room can serve for visitors for the prisoners or an a
conference room between an attorney and a prisoner. It should be so located that the
prisoners' entrance is on the jail side and the visitors' and attorneys' entrance is from the public
side. A separation between prisoners and visitors inside the room should be provided by at
least a fine meshed double screening or heavy plate glass windows, Another type of separation
is the use of a table at least 3 ft wide with a partition extending to the floor and the partition
above the table running to the ceiling so that it is impossible to pass oven the smallest item of
contraband.

9. Interview Room A separate interviewing room should be provided for the use of attorneys,
probation officers, and social welfare workers,

10. Eliminating Room This same room, if properly located, can also serves as an examination
room for the medical officer- For medical facilities, a locked steel cabinet for the medical
equipment can be placed on the wall in one of the examination rooms,

11. Kitchen when the jail averages more than 5 prisoners a day, a properly equipped kitchen
has been found advisable. There should be a refrigerator room and locked storage closet, the
kitchen should be equipped with a stove for top and oven cooking. If it is a two-story building,
one kitchen only on the first floor is recommended and dumbwaiters may be used with n
pantry on the second floor. In cases where the food is brought from the outside and not cooked
on the premises

LOCAL POLICE STATION DESIGN

FOREIGN POLICE STATION DESIGN