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Phoenix Police Department to close, decommission former headquarters

City of Phoenix Municipal Court Judge Heidi Gilbert, left, administered the oath of office to Phoenix’s new acting Police Chief Dennis Orender, right, on April 23, 2025 inside police headquarters at 620 W. Washington Street. The headquarters will be decommissioned in a ceremony on Aug. 6.

(Courtesy of the City of Phoenix)

The Phoenix Police Department will hold a ceremony to decommission and officially close its former headquarters at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 6 at 620 West Washington Street, Phoenix Police said Tuesday in a release.

According to the release, the building served as the Phoenix Police Department’s headquarters for more than five decades after originally opening in 1975.

Over the course of 50 years, it was home to 12 police chiefs, including acting and interim leaders, and supported key police operations that shaped public safety in Phoenix.

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