| The term police station has one meaning, "a station | | | | central location. A police station performs the function |
| that serves as headquarters for police in a particular | | | | of preserving and maintaining all the documents and |
| area or locality." It serves as a place from which | | | | records. It houses the officer's belongings and may |
| policemen are dispatched and to which arrested | | | | also be equipped to hold a limited number of arrested |
| culprits are brought.A police station is the central | | | | prisoners. Apart from maintaining law and order, police |
| reporting point of a locality's police force, or unit, which | | | | stations also perform the role of educating the citizens |
| serves a specific district. These buildings basically | | | | on matters regarding individual safety precautions. |
| contain offices, various accommodations for their | | | | Many police stations also contain books, journals and |
| officers and their vehicles, such as locker rooms and a | | | | other reference materials that can be viewed by the |
| maintenance garage. Apart from this, they may also | | | | general public for obtaining information on various |
| contain temporary holding cells and interview or | | | | topics related to law. The police station also houses |
| interrogation rooms. Alternate terms may also include | | | | complaint receipts from distressed citizens.Police |
| precinct or precinct house for regional facilities of the | | | | stations are strategically located in states to exercise |
| New York City Police Department and various other | | | | their control over a particular locality or area. The area |
| urban police departments in the United States. District | | | | covered under the jurisdiction of a particular police |
| offices used by the California Highway Patrol, and | | | | station depends on the population of that area and the |
| substations with more than one facility used by the | | | | intensity of criminal activities present.Police provides |
| county sheriff forces are also termed as police | | | | detailed information on Police, Police Departments, |
| stations.The work of law enforcement includes a lot of | | | | Police Equipment, Police Stations and more. Police is |
| detailed paper work. As such, records, files and other | | | | affiliated with Free Public Record Searches. |
| important data need to be preserved properly in a | | | | |