New police department building a no go for now in Eclectic

The Eclectic Town Council said the town doesn’t have the money for a new police station.

The Eclectic Police Department presented the council with an option to purchase a building on Highway 63 and said its current building is not big enough or very useful in its current configuration. Lt. Zach Lyles said the current building lacks signage as well as adequate space for police officers to conduct interviews or finish reports in private. Lyles and the department presented the building purchase to save the town money.