DELANO, Calif. (KERO) — After years of planning, McFarland will finally get a new police department and community center. At a special city council meeting Wednesday evening, the city council voted to award a $9.5 million contract for the construction of a new police department building.

For the past 67 years, the police department has been housed in small, cramped quarters. What used to be an 800-square-foot office is being reimagined as a state-of-the-art facility of more than 11,000 square feet.

"In here is our small supervisor's office. It's currently being used by one of our detectives, so I'll close the door there. He's doing something confidential," said Adrian Olmos, acting chief of police at the McFarland Police Department.

The cramped conditions have forced creative solutions

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