Little Rock’s Park Plaza Mall will soon house a police station, with plans to open ahead of the holiday shopping season.

The mall has seen its share of violent crime. In January, a gunman killed 47-year-old Cynthia Gregory, a fundraising officer for Baptist Health Foundation , less than two months after another shooter wounded two people on Black Friday.

Officially called a “public safety annex,” Little Rock Police Department officers will be stationed in a 500-square-foot space on the mall’s second floor set to open in six to eight weeks. The LRPD outpost will include a workspace and parking lot designated for first responders, according to a press release.

The station is part of an effort to increase police presence in Midtown and act as a central connection point across LRPD’s patr

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