The University at Buffalo (UB) is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States. It is the largest public university in the state of New York, with over 30,000 students. UB is one of the two flagship institutions of the State University of New York system (SUNY).The University at Buffalo retained CPS and Architects Design Group to look at their existing police facility, qualify and quantify current and future needs as well as look at several sites and structures on their main campus for possible use as a police facility.

The existing police structure was located in what was once a church built on campus about 1955. The facility had undergone several attempts to address spatial needs within the various units of the police department over the ensuing years. The HVAC systems along with the water and sanitary systems were failing. The former church was also located immediately adjacent to the University’s football stadium, practice fields and athletic dormitory. We looked at two sites nearby and existing space in two buildings located at a nearby campus.