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A New Year’s Day fire that roared through the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department in Alpine destroyed the headquarters, leaving 34 officers and dispatcher to work Friday out of trailers setup nearby as command posts.

“We lost everything,” police Chief Steven Shallop said Friday. “The police department has been wiped out.”

No injuries were reported in the fire, which began about 11:45 a.m. in the police department on Alpine Approach Road.

Shortly after the fire began, Dispatcher Cassandra Kinney, who doubles…