Parker Center will be missed

When the Los Angeles police move out of their downtown headquarters, the challenges are different from when you move out of an old house or office building. Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

For one thing, you probably don't worry that you'll lose homicide evidence and case records, allowing murderers to go free.

That's one practical concern for the L.A. Police Department, which is in the middle of switching its operations hub from 54-year-old Parker Center to a modern police administration building a couple of downtown blocks to the west.