
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, July 7, 1995                   TAG: 9507070069
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS                                LENGTH: Short

CHIEF PROPOSES POLICE STATION ON WHEELS

Police Chief William Corvello wants to convert an old bus into a portable police station.

If approved by the Newport News City Council, the bus would serve neighborhoods where residents have trouble getting to police headquarters or one of the three substations, Corvello said.

The chief said the converted bus might be parked in neighborhoods for 30 or 60 days at a time. It could be used for routine police operations and as a possible juvenile detention center to hold curfew violators, he said.

He hopes to have the portable station in service by January.

by CNB