Waukeha County Executive Dan Vrakas and Sheriff Dan Trawicki co-signed a $500,000 check to the Village of Sussex for a new sheriff's substation at its board meeting April 8.

The 4,000-square-foot addition to the Sussex fire station on Main Street will headquarter sheriff's deputies serving Sussex, Lisbon and the Village of Merton, plus two sheriff's detectives on separate shifts and the squad car that patrols the county's northeast quadrant.

All three communities contract with the sheriiff's department for police services.

Waukesha County Sheriff Dan Trawicki adds his signature to a county check for $500,000 to help Sussex build its sheriff's substation. Joining him are (from left) Merton Village President Rober Weber, co-signer County Executive Dan Vrakas and (far right) Sussex Village President Tony Lapcinski.

Sussex — The Waukesha County Board approved spending $500,000 Tuesday to help the village build a regional substation for sheriff's deputies servicing contracts with Sussex, Lisbon and the Village of Merton.

The Sheriff's Department also plans to staff the substation wtih two shift detectives and at least one sector squad car currently patrolling the county's northeast quadrant out of its Nashotah substation.

The facility will add about 4,000 square feet to Sussex's current firehouse on Main Street, though that square footage may grow if Sussex, at its own expense, meets what Sussex Fire Chief Colin "Corky" Curtis has said are the fire department's long-range needs. Because its plans are so preliminary, the village has not released any design and construction estimates.