The City of Lacombe Police Facility project involved relocating a cramped and outdated police station from downtown Lacombe to a new building on a spacious greenfield site at the city's edge. While the City encouraged the use of sustainable design principles, they chose not to pursue LEED certification.

Lacombe's downtown is architecturally significant, featuring predominantly brick buildings, a result of a fire in the early 20th century that destroyed many wood-frame structures. Although the existing detachment was undersized and under-serviced, its central location and familiarity to residents were valuable characteristics that would be challenging to replicate on a site further from the city center.