West Fargo considering new police station

West Fargo officials are considering options for a new police station.

Police Department employees share a building with City Hall workers. Chief Arland Rasmussen says it's getting crowded for his three dozen officers, and the force is expected to grow to about 80 officers in the next two decades.

The Forum newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/R0UPyB ) that an architect has developed four options for a new police station. All of them call for a new building near City Hall. They range in cost from about $6 million to about $8 million

If the City Commission decides to build a new station, it could be ready in mid-2014.