It isn’t ideal, but building a new police station east across the street from the current facility on what is now a city-owned parking lot will better meet the Great Bend Police Department’s current and future needs, Police Chief Cliff Couch said. “This isn’t a perfect plan,” Couch said, addressing members of the City Council Friday afternoon at a special luncheon meeting called to examine remodeling or replacing the current 80-year-old station. But, “it’s a good balance.”