...what would you call that place, in the EXT and INT sluglines?

My MC is a homicide detective investigating a serial killer so he's back and forth a lot to the venue, i.e. his "office" -- only it's never called that....

I've looked at a lot of different scripts, and there doesn't seem to be a standard usage...I don't want anything to long or cumbersome ....

EXT
Police Department
Police Headquarters

INT
Squad room [too general? i.e. all the cops, uniforms and 'tecs, would be in a squad room?]
Homicide Department
Homicide

______ ? any ideas, suggestions, much welcomed!

Thanks :D

I worked my way through college as a police officer. We always referred to the station as “The House” and we always referred to the area where the detectives were housed as “The Bureau”.

Hope this is of some help.

rlp

This is great -- I'd never heard those terms used before in that context!

Do you know if that was a unique kind of local 'nickname' or regional or commonplace....?

Thanks for the input :-D

I have heard those terms in New Orleans, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Key West, Des Moines, Minneapolis, and Saint Paul as well as a lot of smaller towns and villages you probably never heard of.

If you have other specific questions, please feel free to either frenzymail or nanomail me.

rlp

Thanks rip this is perfect -- just the kind of authentic detail I've been looking for :-D