A Brief Look Inside the Paso Robles Public Safety Building

How to Find the Meeting Rooms: Doors

When I attended a workshop at the Paso Robles Public Safety Building, it was a mystery to me where the actual meeting would take place. I have been to many city meetings, but never one inside the Public Safety Building. I've never gotten farther in than the desk at the Police Station. I was trying to imagine where the meeting rooms might be. In case you've ever wondered, I'm going to give you a look inside. In the photo here, you see the outside entrance, which is like a gate.

Here's the same gate from a different perspective. It shows the context of the first photo.

The gate opens into a sort of courtyard. You walk through the courtyard until you come to these doors. It's confusing because it still feels like you are outside. The doors lead to a hallway that leads to the meeting rooms.

The Hallway Leads to Doors that Open to the Meeting Rooms

This is the hallway. Most of the windows and doors are tinted so you can't see through them when they are closed. Either that or it's just so dark each window and door appears to be a mirror and reflects whatever is in front of it. One room did appear to be a staff room with a coffee maker, and what usually goes with it. There were also restrooms, although I did not photograph them. The women's restroom had a shower, as well as whatever else you'd expect. You can click any photo to enlarge it.

The posters below show external views of the public safety building. See the story behind the statue in Sculptures by Central Coast Artist Vel Miller.

 Poster: Paso Robles Public Safety Center Poster Poster: Memorial Statue at Paso Robles Police Dept Poster

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Heroes on Display

I got lucky on a library visit again today. Evidently young library patrons have been reading about the heroes who respond to emergencies. Today they were given a chance to meet police, firemen, state park rangers, soldiers, and others who help keep the public safe. Emergency vehicles were parked all along 11th Street.

Today I will show you the ones used by the K-9 units. Since this dog is dark, you might want to click the photo to get a better look. Do the same with any photo here to enlarge it.

State Park Ranger K-9 Unit

I actually cropped the photo above from a larger photo that shows the vehicle, as well as the ranger and the dog. This is the uncropped version.










The Paso Robles Police also brought a K-9 unit. Here are two different views of the Paso Robles Police Department K-9 car.

Paso Robles Police Department K-9 Car, Side View

Paso Robles Police Department K-9 Car, Rear View

Paso Robles Police Department K-9 Unit 

The Paso Robles K-9 Unit was there when I arrived. The state park ranger unit arrived while I was photographing the Paso Robles K-9 dog. That's when  things began to get lively.


When the state park ranger unloaded his dog, there was only one vehicle separating the two dogs, and the dogs did not like each other. It was all the men could do to restrain the dogs from charging at each other, but they succeeded.


I will be showing you some of the rest of the vehicles and displays in the next couple of days.

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Equipment Police Use at Crime Scenes

Tuesday night's National Night Out in Paso Robles gave the public a chance to meet police officers, including the chief, see the some of the vehicles they use, and watch some demonstrations. Also on display were some crime scene investigation kits. Here is the crime scene display we saw. You can click this and the other photos to enlarge them.

Here is an enlargement of what I believe is a ballistics kit.

I'm not sure of everything contained in the kit below, but I know part of the equipment contained in it helps gather fingerprints. Here are some items you may be looking at in these kits. 

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Paso Robles Police Vehicles on Display at National Night Out Event

Tuesday, August 4, was the second annual celebration of National Night Out in Paso Robles. I explained it and showed a bit of the action in my blog post last night featuring some of the children's activities. Tonight I will show you some of the police vehicles that were on display, as I promised I would.  Many of the doors were open, but the cars were often carrying so much that no real purpose would have been served by letting you look inside. If you click on any photo you will enlarge it for a closer look.

This is a close look at the Swat Rescue Team vehicle.

This is the front view of the Swat Rescue vehicle with a police car beside it.

Some of the other vehicles had obstructed views and I could not get good photographs of them. Tomorrow I will show you the Crime Unit Kits.

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National Night Out In Paso Robles

Sometimes I'm lucky enough to just stumble into events. I was taking some books back to the library and just happened to notice something unusual was happening while I was on my way to park. The street in front of the police station was blocked off and it was full of people, police vehicles, and even food. Naturally, I had to wander over and see what was going on.

What I discovered is that it was National Night Out, the second one in which the Paso Robles Police Department has participated. Lieutenant Tim Murphy (left, above) explained this event is designed to help bring the police and the community together in a non-threatening setting and to educate the public about what police do.

Lt. Tim Murphy, left, Chief Robert Burton, Right

On display were several types of police vehicles. See them here. In this post, I want to zero in on some of the things the children were able to participate it. In this photo, a little girl is learning first hand how the police dust for fingerprints at a crime scene. I saw this myself when the police came to my home after it was burglarized in 2013.

Fingerprint Dusting Demonstration

Young visitors to this event had a wonderful time. I saw many carrying balloons, and I heard a number of police whistles being blown -- all souvenirs from this party. The children also loved seeing all those police vehicles. These two were enjoying the opportunity to explore this one up close. Another popular activity was eating the hamburgers, hot dogs, and cake which had been donated for this event.

At the end of the block toward 9th Street, smaller children were occupied making chalk drawings on the street. See photo below.

I think the National Night Out does give the community a chance to communicate with police in a relaxed setting. Most of the time people only see police officers when crimes are being committed or during traffic stops. Tonight even Chief Burton was available to answer questions from citizens. The eventual goal is to have these events as neighborhood block parties throughout the city, perhaps organized by neighborhood watch groups, with police personnel attending.

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