{"id":6705,"date":"2021-12-14T14:17:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T18:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.236.132.51\/?p=6705"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:33:14","slug":"fema-approves-12m-to-demolish-and-reconstruct-st-croixs-patrick-sweeney-police-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/fema-approves-12m-to-demolish-and-reconstruct-st-croixs-patrick-sweeney-police-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA Approves $12M to Demolish and Reconstruct St. Croix\u2019s Patrick Sweeney Police Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 14, 2021<\/p>\n

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FEMA Approves $12M to Demolish and Reconstruct
\nSt. Croix\u2019s Patrick Sweeney Police Headquarters<\/h1>\n

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St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands<\/strong> – The Office of Disaster Recovery announces the approval of a $12 million grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) to reconstruct, fortify and modernize the Patrick Sweeney Police Headquarters on St. Croix.<\/p>\n

The headquarters \u2013 previously a critical resource and central hub for VIPD\u2019s operations on St. Croix – has been exposed to repeated storm damage since its closure in 2007. This award will ensure the proper restoration and hardening of the building, making it more resilient in the event of a disaster and providing a safe shelter for police and emergency personnel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis grant award has been a long time coming and one the people of St. Croix are very deserving of, more important, the hard-working and dedicated police officers,\u201d Police Commissioner Ray Martinez stated. \u201cThe highly anticipated restoration of the Patrick Sweeney Police Headquarters, when completed, will be on par with industry standards\u2026modernized and touted throughout the Caribbean and nationally,\u201d Martinez concluded.<\/p>\n

The phased planning and approval process for this project has multiple parts. The first phase, Architecture and Engineering, will entail designs, land surveys and permitting. Once the architectural design is approved, funds will be appropriated to start the demolition and then reconstruction of a new facility. A firm will be solicited to execute Phase 1 by March 2022, and demolition should begin by December 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cReconstructing the Patrick Sweeney Police Headquarters will be a great benefit to the community,\u201d said Office of Disaster Recovery Director Adrienne L. Williams-Octalien. \u201cThis award is a vital step towards strengthening essential infrastructure, increasing capacity and ensuring the safety of the men and women of the Virgin Islands Police Department.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new facility will be rebuilt outside of the flood zone, housing close to 30,000 sq. ft. of space for administrative and police functions. One of the intended features of the reconstructed headquarters will be a safe room. This addition will shelter emergency personnel in one central location in the event of a disaster, which will decrease dependence on federal preparedness and response and align the project with the goals of the Territorial Hazard Mitigation Plan.<\/p>\n

The Office of Disaster Recovery <\/strong>
\n\u201cBuilding a Legacy of Resilience\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nThe Bryan-Roach Administration is committed to transparency, stabilizing the economy, restoring trust in the government and ensuring that recovery projects are completed as quickly as possible. Visit transparency.vi.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

December 14, 2021   FEMA Approves $12M to Demolish and Reconstruct St. Croix\u2019s Patrick Sweeney Police Headquarters   St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands – The Office of Disaster Recovery announces the approval of a $12 million grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"project_id":"","notification":"","due_date":"","status":"","show_rebuild":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,156,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases","category-viodr-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18797,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6705\/revisions\/18797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}