Livonia Requests $3.2 Million for New Police Headquarters
Livonia is seeking $3.2 million in state-directed spending to help build a new police headquarters on the city’s Civic Center property.
The Michigan Senate posted the request April 15, 2026, identifying the City of Livonia as the intended recipient. The proposed project would replace the city’s current police facility, which was built in 1961 and has been described as a patchwork of a former water-administration building and later additions.
The request is not an enacted appropriation or confirmation that the money has been awarded. It is one potential part of a larger plan for replacing the police station, a project that remains tied to local decisions about the building’s location, financing and total cost.
What the proposed headquarters would include
The planned facility would be designed around police operations that the existing building was not originally built to support. Features listed in the request include a public lobby, updated locker rooms, evidence storage and technology improvements.
The proposal also includes training and gym space, improved accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and better coordination with 911 dispatch and the Emergency Operations Center.
Those elements would affect how residents interact with the department and how police and emergency-management staff use the Civic Center campus. The proposal’s purpose is to replace an aging facility that has been adapted over time rather than designed as a modern police headquarters.
Exact site and financing are still unsettled
The Senate record places the project on Livonia’s Civic Center property at 3000 Civic Center Drive. That identifies the campus, but the precise placement of the new building and its final address have not been determined.
The location question is part of a broader local discussion over how to replace the headquarters. The Detroit News reported in March that Livonia was exploring bond financing and had delayed a decision on the station’s location and funding to allow for additional discussion.
That means the requested state money would not, by itself, resolve the project’s financing. Livonia still faces decisions about whether to use bonds, how any bond structure would work, and how the state request would fit into the overall project budget. The final total cost has not been established.
Estimated timeline
The city’s request lists February 2028 as the estimated completion date. That is a projected finish for the proposed facility, not a confirmed construction deadline.
The public information currently identifies no settled construction start date. Before work could move toward that completion estimate, the project would need a clearer site and financing plan, along with progress on the state funding request.
Why the proposal matters to Livonia
A new headquarters would shape the city’s capital spending and the future use of its Civic Center campus. It would also change the facilities used for public safety operations, including space for evidence, training, dispatch coordination and public access.
For residents, the next significant developments are whether the state-directed-spending request advances, what local financing plan Livonia selects and where the station would be placed on the Civic Center property. Until those decisions are made, the $3.2 million request represents proposed support for a replacement project rather than a final construction commitment.
Sources
- Appropriations Requests for City of Livonia, Michigan Senate
- Livonia to explore bonds for new police station amid resident ire, The Detroit News
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