Victorville Advances Plan for New Police Station and Civic Park
Victorville has moved a proposed police station and civic park through the state environmental-review process, advancing a project that would replace the city’s constrained police facility and add public gathering space at the northwest corner of Seneca Road and Civic Drive.
The proposal covers 9.18 acres and includes a 54,892-square-foot, single-story police station, a 1,173-square-foot plaza building, a stage and a 3.3-acre civic park. The City of Victorville is identified as the project’s lead agency.
The environmental document was received June 5, 2026, and the state review period ended July 6. That milestone completes a formal review phase, but it is not final construction approval. The project still requires an amendment to the Civic Center Specific Plan and other local approvals.
A much larger police facility
The proposed station would be more than three times the size of Victorville’s existing police facility. The current station was built in 2001 and covers 15,828 square feet.
The environmental filing links the need for additional space to growth in both the city and the police department. Victorville’s population increased from about 67,854 when the existing station was built to approximately 140,721, according to the filing.
The number of sworn officers also rose during that period, from 57 to 103. That increase, along with the city’s population growth, is part of the explanation for the space constraints described in the environmental document.
If approved and built as proposed, the new facility would provide a substantially larger police headquarters while locating it alongside civic amenities. The size comparison is the clearest measure of the change under consideration: a 54,892-square-foot replacement for a 15,828-square-foot station.
Park, plaza and stage included
The proposal is broader than a police-station replacement. It sets aside 3.3 acres for a civic park and includes a plaza building and stage on the same project site.
Those features would create a civic-use component at the Seneca Road and Civic Drive site, but the park is still part of a proposal. It has not been established as an operating public facility.
The project’s combined footprint matters for nearby residents and visitors because the plan places public gathering features and a major city facility within one 9.18-acre development. The environmental filing identifies the site and the City of Victorville’s role as lead agency, establishing the project’s local setting and the city’s responsibility for moving it through the approval process.
Funding and next steps
A San Bernardino County agenda separately references a contract with the City of Victorville involving funding related to acquiring property for a new police station and civic plaza. The agenda lists $3.7 million for the referenced acquisition-related contract period.
That figure is tied to the property-acquisition-related contract described in the agenda. It is not a stated total construction cost for the proposed station, park or plaza.
The project’s next known steps are the required Civic Center Specific Plan amendment and other local approvals. The environmental filing does not set a construction start date or completion date, and the proposal has not been described as under construction.
For Victorville, the proposal brings two long-term needs into the same civic project: expanded space for a police department that has grown with the city, and a new park and plaza intended for civic use. Whether those elements move forward will depend on the remaining approvals.
Sources
- Victorville Police Department and Civic Park Project, California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
- Consolidated Agenda, San Bernardino County
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