Somerset Community Police Centre to move to Laurier

The Somerset Community Police Centre at 393 Somerset St. will move to City Hall in early September.

The centre will be closed as of Aug. 7 to allow time for relocation.

Insp. Uday Jaswal says the rent at the Somerset location was too high and the new City Hall address “may end up being a more effective location for us.”

He says the centre is largely used to deliver crime prevention programs and maintain community engagement. To achieve those goals, the physical location is not as important as the officer in the community. 

The centre closed last year and searched for a new location after suffering flood damage. The centre reopened after an extensive cleanup, but still sought a new home.

During the closure, crime prevention program information can be found at any of the city’s community police centres, with the nearest office located at 1064 Wellington St.