City of Melbourne to Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for Joseph Pellicano Law Enforcement Center Sept. 14
By Space Coast Daily // September 4, 2022
ceremony will be held at 11 a.m.
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The Melbourne Police Department is pleased to announce the groundbreaking of its new headquarters building, the Joseph Pellicano Law Enforcement Center.
A ceremony to celebrate this momentous occasion with our community members and elected leaders will be held on September 14 at 11 a.m. at 250 West NASA Boulevard (northeast corner of NASA Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard).
Melbourne voters approved financing the design and construction of a new police facility through general obligation bonds via referendum on November 6, 2018.
The new 76,390 square-foot, two-story building will bring all MPD divisions together under one roof to help make emergency response more efficient and to streamline information sharing.
Outbuildings on the site will include covered storage for oversized vehicles, an auxiliary building for evidence analysis and storage not requiring climate control, and secure storage areas for impounded vehicles and equipment.
The new facility will also feature a community room where residents and officers can work together to help make neighborhoods safer.
The Melbourne City Council named the facility in honor of Officer Joseph Pellicano, who is the only member of the Melbourne Police Department to have been killed in the line of duty.
Officer Pellicano’s end of watch was on October 17, 1986, when he was struck during the pre-dawn hours while directing traffic at a house fire on Sarno Road. Officer Pellicano had worked at the Melbourne Police Department as a Patrol Officer for 3 ½ years at the time of his death.
He had been awarded the department’s exceptional duty service bar twice, including once in 1983 for pulling a person from a burning building.
He coached in the Police Athletic League and attended Brevard Community College, where he was working toward his associate’s degree in criminal justice.
Officer Pellicano had an excellent reputation in the department and was a respected member of the law enforcement family.
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