Moldy walls, leaky faucets and lack of gun storage illustrate need for new Caribou police station
Sergeant Keith Ouellette of the Caribou Police Department stands in an area of the current station where officers keep locked ammunition and case files in the same vicinity as housekeeping materials and a machine the department uses to process narcotics evidence. Credit: Melissa Lizotte / Aroostook Republican
The 80-year-old Caribou police station is cramped, and the department wants a new one, but the $10 million price tag has some city officials nervous about burdening taxpayers. Voters will decide the issue on June 14.
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