It’s been a little over two weeks since flags were lowered and doors were shut at Delaware State Police Troop 6 in Prices Corner to make way for a new state-of-the-art complex.
Since then, construction crews have been busy working on the perimeter including demolishing an adjacent 95-year-old former prison that was closed in 2016 by the Delaware Department of Correction. The three-story brick building, known as the John L. Webb Correctional Facility, was considered “one of a kind” by historians.
Why demolish the buildings?
Demolishing of the Webb and the police station is being done to improve Troop 6 so that the main building will include a space for evidence processing and storage area, an arrest processing and holding area and a community room.
In addition to the main building, the complex is expected to have a vehicle maintenance and evidence storage building, which provides drive-thru bays for vehicles, boats and trailers for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit and the Marine Self-Contained Underwater Breaking Apparatus Unit.
More on the Webb John L. Webb Correctional Facility:
Unique prison:Delaware to demolish a 1929 Prices Corner prison that historians say is ‘one of a kind’
Prison closing:Delaware DOC closes Webb Community Corrections Center
Where do these troopers patrol?
Officers assigned to Troop 6, which opened in 1970, are often seen throughout the Wilmington area, at Christiana Mall and on I-95.
“Troop 6 troopers will continue to patrol these same areas during the construction of their new home and there will be no interruption in police services or presence,” Senior Cpl. Leonard DeMalto, a police spokesman.
Troop 6 administration will temporarily relocate to Troop 2 in Glasgow. The phone number for Troop 6 will remain the same: (302) 633-5000.
Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299 or eparra@delawareonline.com.
