Sheriff's Office has plans for Centerville substation

The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office announced plans last week for a new substation in Centerville.
The substation will be on land acquired recently on the U.S. 90 frontage road near Ronnie’s Airboat, less than a mile from the St. Mary Law Enforcement Center. It will consolidate the office’s Criminal Division, currently split between two locations, under one roof.
“We are very excited about the opportunity to increase the efficiency of our service to the public with the addition of this building,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
The advantages:
—It will bring the Criminal Division together instead of being divided between two locations.
—It will move the motor pool to the same location as the Patrol Division.
—It will consolidate the Investigations Division to a single operating location.
It will give dispatch a larger and updated workspace in the same location as patrol.
—It will provide modernized work areas for all facets of the Criminal Division.
The Sheriff’s Office will continue to operate from the St. Mary Parish Courthouse in Franklin, where the Civil Division is located.
The office’s Morgan City Branch Office will be closed, but the Sheriff’s Office plans to find a smaller office on the east side of the parish for functions such as collecting taxes.