December 2025 / January 2026 Update - Steel continues to be erected. Joists are installed and some metal deck is in place. Masonry of stairwell on right is still underway. Sallyport has been tented for masonry work to continue. Work has begun on some of the drainage ponds on site. Ductwork is being installed in the range.

October 6, 2025 Update - Construction of the walls for the first floor is well underway. You can see the windows starting to take shape along the east side of the building. The footings for the outbuilding have been poured and the foundation is formed. The foundation along with the slab for the sally port will be poured during the week of October 6th.

September 8, 2025 Update - Site work continues on the new PD project. The east side of the parking lot has been brought up to grade and a base coat of asphalt has been laid. The north half of the slab was poured on September 4^th and the south portion will be poured the week of September 8th. The sally port and tactical training area have been brought up to grade. In this picture, you can see the layout of the future lobby area.

August 22, 2025 Update - The foundation of the main building is 100% complete. Crews are working on backfilling and bringing the slab floor up to grade. Underground plumbing and electrical infrastructure have been installed. Depicted in the photo is the foundation for the police department's first floor. The sally port is to the left of the building with the tactical training range to the rear. Site work will continue to bring the east side to final grade. The east side will be receiving a first layer of asphalt in September

July 10, 2025 Update - Work continues on the footings and foundation. This work should be completed by the week of July 21^st. A majority of the footings and foundation for the building proper and range have been completed. Work on the sally port and outbuilding will begin in the next few weeks. Vertical construction should begin in early September.

June 6, 2025 Update - Demolition of the existing structure continued throughout the past week. The majority of construction debris has been safely packaged and prepared for proper disposal. Much of this material originated from the exterior of the original 1960s-era building, which contained asbestos in multiple areas and required careful handling. Portions of the original concrete slab still remain on site and are scheduled to be removed within the coming week. 

Meanwhile, foundation work has commenced on the north end of the site and is progressing eastward. This phase of construction is expected to continue over the next several weeks.

May 15, 2025 Update - It was a busy week at the Veterans Memorial site.  Demolition crews made quick work of the storage shed and K9 kennel. Demolition of the triple wide trailer was also completed followed by the beginning of the building proper.  The building tear down and clean up is expected to take three weeks.  The area of the main building which has been taken down housed the male and female lockers rooms, booking room, evidence storage and Special Services.  

May 2, 2025 Update - Abatement continues with much of the work being conducted in the building.  Some exterior bricks have been removed to gain access to detected hazardous materials.  Site work continues with drainage basins being constructed at the east and west entrances.  Fencing around the K9 kennel and impound lot has been removed.  The generator has been relocated and repurposed to the Municipal Services building at 21A Cross St.  Final utility cut off is expected the week of May 5^th.  Building tear down to begin week of May 12^th with a 3-week schedule.

April 18, 2025 Update - Site work continues with the removal of stumps and the erosion control has been completed.  The building at 9 Vets has been completely emptied as abatement begins.  The removal of hazardous material (asbestos) will take two-three weeks to complete.

April 11, 2025 Update - The Police Department successfully moved operations from 9 Veterans Memorial Parkway to the temporary space at 21A Cross St.  All police department operations will run out of this location until we move back to 9 Vets.  This is estimated to be late summer 2026.

Site work continues at 9 Vets with tree stumping and erosional control put in place.  Crews also installed the turtle bridges, a requirement from the State of NH to protect any turtles who may wander onto the site during construction.  

April 4, 2025 Update - Work is underway at 9 Veterans Memorial Parkway. Crews began site work on April 1, clearing land around the perimeter to expand the footprint. The existing building, shown in the photo, will be completely demolished to make way for a new facility.

Salem PD to Move to Temporary Facility Starting April 7, 2025

Starting on Monday, April 7^th, the Salem Police Department will commence a phased movement of all police operations to a temporary facility.  The temporary facility is located at 21A Cross Street and will be co-located with the Town’s Municipal Services Department - Department of Public Works.

The Department expects to have completely transferred operations to the temporary facility by Thursday, April 10^th, at which point, our current location at 9 Veterans Memorial Parkway will be closed for eventual tear down.  There will be signage directing people to the new location once the current location has closed.

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