A Florida police department unveiled its new state-of-the-art headquarters to the public with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week.

The event to officially open the Hollywood Police Department's new headquarters, which was held Thursday, gave city officials a chance to show its $83 million, 100,000 square foot police facility to the public for the first time. During the opening remarks, Mayor Josh Levy said the project began in 2018, and the building was designed "to operate 24/7, 365 (days) for the next 50 years, added Ed O'Donnell, vice president of ODP Architecture and Design, which worked with HOK Architecture and Planning on the project.

"This headquarters is extraordinary. It's modern, it's sophisticated, resilient," said Levy.

The new facility replaces the department's outdated headquarters, which was built in 1974. According to Axios, some of the features in the new building, which will be the home for over 450 sworn-officers and employees, include:

• a 50-yard firing range
• a cutting-edge real-time intelligence center
• a 325-foot communications antenna tower
• a defense tactics area
• a roll call room named named in honor of Officer Yandy Chirino, who was killed in the line of duty in 2021

The building also was designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane. That's something the old headquarters couldn't boast.

"We want this building to serve as a community resource, a place where our residents feel welcome," Chief Jeff Devlin said during the opening ceremony.

"The true measure of success will not be how impressive it looks. It will be measured by the relationships we build, by the trust we earn, and by the difference we make in the lives of the people we serve," he added.