The shelter is meant as a short-term place for police to bring people with complex needs who are intoxicated and acting in a way that might be dangerous to themselves or others.
Saskatoon police are increasingly locking up people who are intoxicated by drugs and alcohol in police detention because there is nowhere else for them to go.
Two Pleasant Hill residents spoke to the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners on Thursday urging them to consider two Alternative Response Officers.