SARATOGA SPRINGS — The police station here is becoming the butt of jokes, resident Don Markham said.

A California transplant, Markham said the jokes start when he shows his California friends around town, especially the police station.

"We have a double-wide," he reminded the City Council on Tuesday.

City leaders have been discussing how to give the 15-officer police force better digs, possibly moving them into space below city offices in an office complex on N. Commerce Drive.

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The trailer was OK for awhile, police chief Gary Hickham told the Deseret News, "but I thought we'd be out of it by now.

Residents Justin Stewart and Cory Stewart also urged the council to continue looking at options for a better police station.

The station is located in about the center of the 9-mile long, 3-mile wide town on the western shores of Utah Lake.

— Rodger L. Hardy

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