The building replaces the almost 60-year-old arrest-processing facility in the downtown core, which was built back in 1961.

A commissionaire contracted by the Calgary Police Service has been charged with assault following an allegedly-physical altercation with an arrestee he was processing.

The new two-storey building will eventually replace the current Arrest Processing Section in downtown Calgary which officials said is at nearly 60 years old and “has reached the end of its lifecycle.”