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Demise Of Our Local Police Station Houses
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In my area all the local stations have been closed - well the nearest three to me have .
Speaking to a bobby yesterday , who informed me that the nearest one is in the Area HQ in the city centre
Is this a national policy - are your local stations still open ?
Speaking to a bobby yesterday , who informed me that the nearest one is in the Area HQ in the city centre
Is this a national policy - are your local stations still open ?
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Suffolk isn't a particularly small county. (It's around a 2-hour drive to get from Lowestoft to Haverhill, for example). However we've only had three police stations that are open to the public here for well over a decade (and probably closer to two now). They're in Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich and are open 'office hours only'. (0900 to 1700, Monday to Saturday).
The one in Ipswich (which is the county town) is little more than a 'front desk', staffed by civilians, where people can hand in any paperwork that might be required by the police and make general enquiries. People required by the courts to periodically report to a police station can also check in there. I believe that there are also one or two interview rooms there, with recording facilities for taking witness statements, as well as the building being a base for the PCSOs and council street wardens who patrol the town's streets, but that's about the full extent of what's there.
There are no police officers based there who can, for example, accept reports from people who think that they've been the victims of fraud. (I know that from a woman who tried to do just that there. She was told to use the Action Fraud website instead). All of the investigatory staff are based either at a big 'offices only' site on one side of the town or at the County HQ on the other side of the town (which is where prisoners under arrest are taken). Neither of those two sites is open to the general public.
The one in Ipswich (which is the county town) is little more than a 'front desk', staffed by civilians, where people can hand in any paperwork that might be required by the police and make general enquiries. People required by the courts to periodically report to a police station can also check in there. I believe that there are also one or two interview rooms there, with recording facilities for taking witness statements, as well as the building being a base for the PCSOs and council street wardens who patrol the town's streets, but that's about the full extent of what's there.
There are no police officers based there who can, for example, accept reports from people who think that they've been the victims of fraud. (I know that from a woman who tried to do just that there. She was told to use the Action Fraud website instead). All of the investigatory staff are based either at a big 'offices only' site on one side of the town or at the County HQ on the other side of the town (which is where prisoners under arrest are taken). Neither of those two sites is open to the general public.
Nearest one is 10 miles away. It's poor service. I keep filling in local surveys and saying that I would not be certain of a 'rapid response' in case of emergency, but nothing happens. There was a police house in our village once - it's now a private dwelling.
There is a designated local officer, but I've never seen him and can't remember his name.
There is a designated local officer, but I've never seen him and can't remember his name.
Governments don't like to tax the public because it loses them votes. Having human beings working in Police stations or on trains or passport offices or anywhere, really, is expensive, so the govt thinks "computers can do this."
People don't visit banks because there aren't many left and because people have apps and bank websites to go to. People don't visit police stations because there aren't many.
No-one is scared about behaving badly in public because there is no-one around to tick them off. In the olden days, the local bobby or the local park-keeper, or even the nearest adult would make kids think twice.
The world changes.
People don't visit banks because there aren't many left and because people have apps and bank websites to go to. People don't visit police stations because there aren't many.
No-one is scared about behaving badly in public because there is no-one around to tick them off. In the olden days, the local bobby or the local park-keeper, or even the nearest adult would make kids think twice.
The world changes.
Could be inconvenient for motorists who have been given a producer - does that still happen? Also people on bail who have to 'sign on' at a police station several times a week for maybe many months.
My wife and children have never had reason to set foot in a police station, I've handed in a handbag that I found years ago.
Do we really need local police stations open to the public?
I remember when police stations had their own bars with very cheap booze.
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My wife and children have never had reason to set foot in a police station, I've handed in a handbag that I found years ago.
Do we really need local police stations open to the public?
I remember when police stations had their own bars with very cheap booze.
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