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CMPD to break ground for new Ballantyne police station

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department will break ground Friday on a new police station.

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CMPD and City Development Partners will hold a ceremony at 10 a.m. for the new South Division facility.

The police station will be on Providence Road West in Ballantyne and will employ about 100 people.

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