substation
noun
sub·sta·tion ˈsəb-ˌstā-shən 
: a subordinate or subsidiary station: such as
a
: a branch post office
b
: a subsidiary station in which electric current is transformed
c
: a police station serving a particular area
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Eversource officials and firefighters responded to the substation at 1709 Massachusetts Ave. 
Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022 Many residents say the center is inaccessible and refer to it as a police substation. Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 One man who was shot and killed and another who was wounded were pulled from a wrecked car in Hartford late Thursday after the driver crashed into a police substation. Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2022 The two officers posed for pictures in the airport's police substation with Brazdovic, who was wearing a red track suit and a hat, smiling brightly. Stephanie Elam, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022 Campus Reform reported that the nearest police substation is now 0.6 miles away from the residential hall. Fox News, 19 Mar. 2022 Jordan said several downtown merchants support the project and the parking deck, which also will include a police substation so officers can more easily patrol the area. Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2021 Officials in Dnipropetrovsk region said 80 Grad missiles had been fired at the city of Nikopol, damaging a power substation and leaving 1,000 residents without electricity. Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 30 July 2022 Monday’s raid was the result of an investigation by detectives from the sheriff’s Lakeside substation into a string of recent burglaries at Ace Self Storage on Winter Gardens Boulevard south of Woodside Avenue, according to Lt. Shawn Wray. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2022 See More
Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022 Many residents say the center is inaccessible and refer to it as a police substation. Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 One man who was shot and killed and another who was wounded were pulled from a wrecked car in Hartford late Thursday after the driver crashed into a police substation. Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2022 The two officers posed for pictures in the airport's police substation with Brazdovic, who was wearing a red track suit and a hat, smiling brightly. Stephanie Elam, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022 Campus Reform reported that the nearest police substation is now 0.6 miles away from the residential hall. Fox News, 19 Mar. 2022 Jordan said several downtown merchants support the project and the parking deck, which also will include a police substation so officers can more easily patrol the area. Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2021 Officials in Dnipropetrovsk region said 80 Grad missiles had been fired at the city of Nikopol, damaging a power substation and leaving 1,000 residents without electricity. Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 30 July 2022 Monday’s raid was the result of an investigation by detectives from the sheriff’s Lakeside substation into a string of recent burglaries at Ace Self Storage on Winter Gardens Boulevard south of Woodside Avenue, according to Lt. Shawn Wray. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined above