Front counters at Croydon police stations earmarked for closure (From Croydon Guardian)
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Front counters at Croydon police stations earmarked for closure
2:12pm Wednesday 9th January 2013 in News
South Norwood Police station will be on the counters to close.
Front counters at five Croydon police stations will close in plans released by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime today.
The counters at Purley, Kenley, Addington, Norbury and South Norwood have all been proposed for closure by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).
Front counters will be replaced by contact Points. These will be in existing MPS and shared public buildings such as shops and post offices.
Croydon Police station will be the only 24 hour police station remaining.
South Norwood Police station is the only other 24 hour station in the borough at this point.
It is understood the front counter closures have put the stations themselves at risk, but no decisions have yet been taken on closing the buildings completely.
It emerged last year South Norwood Police Station had been earmarked for closure and sale.
Comments(3)
Mark Samuel
says...
11:14am Thu 10 Jan 13
But seriously, why don't they just work from home?
billblake11
says...
10:41am Sat 12 Jan 13
But it's a waste to have more Old Bill (or jumped up little-Hitler PCSOs) strolling round in pairs chatting to each other.
A lot of coppers are so fat that if they ever had to interrupt their fascinating conversations, and run after some ne'er-do-well, they'd be out of puff, bent over, complaining of a stitch.
You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to deduce that this lardyness must be due to the inordinate amount of time the rozzers spend investigating the vicinity of Greggs (anywhere nice and warm inside when it's taters out).
Her Indoors compares them to spiders: they run indoors when it's raining.
ANNE GILES says...
6:21pm Wed 9 Jan 13