Police Station Downpour Caused by Opened Roof Hatch

Last week, we showed you a video of water pouring from the ceiling inside the Racoon Street Police Station, raising concerns about a leaky roof. But it turns out the real culprit wasn’t structural damage. According to the Minister of Home Affairs, the flooding was actually caused by a hatch that had been left open on the roof during a rainy evening. So, while the roof is intact, the oversight still left officers dealing with a soggy mess.

 

Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs

“As you know, the Racoon Street police station has been suffering these leaks for decades. We keep doing patch work to it, but it is obvious that we need a completely new building. That is going to be a significant investment required to replace such a huge police station as Racoon Street. That is going to be the long-term plan, to replace it all together. After we issued the press release, we discovered that there is a hatch that goes on to the roof that was deliberately left open and that is what caused the huge flow coming in. I will share with you the image of that hatch. So yes the building does leak, but not to that extent that you saw. Having said that, it does require that we take short term strategies, maybe even find a new location for a lot of the offices in Racoon Street and doing some of the remedial work  to the building itself in terms of the roof.”