6th District Police Station
Notice: Project Completed
Montgomery County Government
Department of General Services
Division of Building Design & Construction
Division Chief: Hamid Omidvar, AIA[email protected]
Section Chief: Behrooz Alemi, R.A.
Project Manager: Behrooz Alemi, R.A.
Architect / Engineer
BKV GROUPContractor
Doyle Construction Co.For operations inquiries. Please contact.
Montgomery County Department of Police240-773-5700
Current Phase: Completed
Completion Date is May 2025 with Grand Opening scheduled for 6/2/25.
Grand Opening Event Images
This project provides for planning, design, and construction of a new 28,294 gross square feet 6th District Police Station and a new parking garage of 59,526 gross square feet in two levels to serve Gaithersburg/Montgomery Village and vicinity. The Station will be in a new development located on extended Watkins Mill Road between I-270 and MD-355. The district station is a facility consisting of two floors and parking for the public and staff. The first floor houses the public access area, operations, patrol and support functions, and a small prisoner holding area.
The station will serve as the base for the Central Traffic Unit that was established in July 2021. The second floor houses four special teams, including investigative units, patrol sergeant offices, staff support, administration, and an exercise room. Besides a surface parking lot that will provide 37 parking spaces in the non-secured area, a two-level parking garage to accommodate 148 cars will be constructed inside the secured area. This parking garage will house a large evidence room, a vehicle service bay, a flare storage, a bicycle storage, and a storage room for the Central Traffic Unit's 29 motorcycles.
The district station is a 24-hour per day, seven-day per week operation and provides support for beat teams. It is the command center for any satellite facilities within the police district. The district station will accommodate up to 178 department staff and volunteers. It has been sized to meet the needs projected in the Police Chief's Staffing Plan. A public meeting room on the first floor will be available to facilitate outreach with the community.
Architectural and Construction Images
South East Arial View
Building North-East View
Building South View
Building North View
Arial Drone View
Arial Drone View
Arial Drone View
View from South East
View from the South West and Sally Port
View from the North Side
View of the Garage Carports to West
Aerial View from South East
Aerial View from South East-2
Aerial View from South
Garage Lower Level in Progress
Garage Solar Carports
Vie of he Men's Locker room
NetZero and Sustainability
This new 6th District police Station is designed to have a Net Zero carbon footprint combining energy efficient equipment in the building supported by a net metered 360 KW solar canopy system which produces over 584,000 kWh per year. This system reduces 184 metric tons of carbon per year from the atmosphere.
In addition to the energy efficiency measures and the solar canopy, the facility is a microgrid that can operate independently from the grid during a major utility outage. The facility can operate over 168 hours as a microgrid utilizing a 500 KW natural gas generator in combination with the solar canopies and a microgrid Energy Control Center (ECC).
The facility is also unique in that it supports Electrical Vehicle (EV) charging for staff and public charging needs. As the police cruiser fleet transitions to all electric vehicles, the facility has installed several DC Fast Chargers specifically to support a quick charge for the cruiser vehicles.
Large canopies with solar panels atop the garage accommodate the project's NetZero energy aspect. The microgrid at the 6th District Police Station incorporates solar carports with a backup generator to provide clean, renewable power and resilience for the facility. With 416 kW DC of power, the solar carport will provide enough energy to make the 6th District Police Station the first public safety facility in Maryland and second in the nation. The state-of-the-art microgrid, developed and operated in partnership with GreenStruxure, will allow solar production to work in tandem with the 500-kW natural gas generator to provide continued full operation of the Police Station in the event of a utility power outage while limiting carbon emissions.
South Aerial View-Micro grid Over Garage
View of Solar Canopies over the Garage
Solar Canopy at Garage