{"id":3912,"date":"2021-03-19T06:05:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T06:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policecommissioner.net\/true-to-my-word-i-havent-closed-any-police-stations-ive-opened-them\/"},"modified":"2021-03-19T06:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T06:05:33","slug":"true-to-my-word-i-havent-closed-any-police-stations-ive-opened-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policecommissioner.net\/true-to-my-word-i-havent-closed-any-police-stations-ive-opened-them\/","title":{"rendered":"True to my word: I haven\\&#8217;t closed any police stations.. I\\&#8217;ve opened them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">Two Gloucestershire police stations, earmarked for closure a decade ago, will\u00a0 be\u00a0 open to the public once more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\\\"s1\\\">Lydney Police Station in the Forest of Dean, which was re-opened a year ago, is now trialling a public reception. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">Barton Street in Gloucester will follow suit as soon as the building has been adapted to receive visitors.<\/span><span class=\\\"s1\\\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\\\"font-size: 16px;\\\">A further commitment to local policing.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A year go we re-opened Lydney as an operational police station.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst it didn\\&#8217;t have a public reception is was staffed.\u00a0 But now we\\&#8217;re going one step further with trialling a public reception.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Lydneyreceptiontrial\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZCxj0ZZk9sE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>We\\&#8217;ve led not followed<\/h3>\n<p>Gloucestershire like many forces during the decade of austerity reverted to an on demand style policing.<\/p>\n<p>Community police was pulled back to plough resources into dealing with the demand coming in.<\/p>\n<p>That was an operational decision and one I understood but did say we must not forget our communities.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\\\"font-size: 16px;\\\">Local police stations show we are there<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><img class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-3916 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/policecommissioner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_1059-225x300.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"225\\\" height=\\\"300\\\" \/><img class=\\\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3917 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/policecommissioner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Barton-Street-Police-station-1-200x300.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"200\\\" height=\\\"300\\\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>On being re-elected in 2016 I had a mandate to push for neighbourhood policing and it was \\&#8221;re-introduced\\&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">The move to re-open police stations\u00a0 are in contrast to other parts of the country where a recent survey showed that more than half of UK police stations have closed during the last ten years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">I have always believed in the value of strong community links and Gloucestershire Constabulary was one of the first to revert to a neighbourhood model.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\\\"s1\\\">Improving the ways people can contact the police was a commitment I made on re-election in 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">Although there are now lots more ways to get in touch, many people miss being able to walk into a police station and talk to an officer face to face.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">I wish we could have more\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">\u201cWe can\u2019t turn the clock back completely but I hope to be able to announce plans for more \u2018blue light centres\u2019 in the future, but sadly we cannot go back to a police house or station in every town and village.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">But that visible presence in our communities remains a committment of mine and will for as long as I am\u00a0 your commissioner because\u00a0 \u2018<i>Every crime matters, every contact counts\u2019<\/i> is the \u2018golden thread\u2019 of my refreshed Police and Crime Plan\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Local sheriffs<\/h3>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\\\"s1\\\">The Constabulary\u2019s approach to neighbourhood policing was further\u00a0 enhanced by the re-introduction of dedicated superintendents to act as local crime commanders. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">Forest of Dean Commander, Superintendent Jane Probert said on the decision to re-open Lydney\\&#8217;s reception: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">\\&#8221;Lydney has two front of house staff working part-time Monday to Friday 9 a.m. \u2013 1 p.m., which we will review in a couple of months based on demand and foot fall. Coleford remains open full-time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">The Forest South Neighbourhood Team operates from Lydney and includes police officers and PCSOs and is led by a Sergeant. It is also used as a base for the Tutor and Assessment Unit, so we have experienced Police Constables tutoring new recruits who are beginning their journey in policing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\">Both teams are responding to community needs, calls for service as well as proactive policing operations in the community\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 class=\\\"p4\\\">The history t<span class=\\\"s5\\\"><b><i>ime line<\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\\\"s1\\\"><b><i>:<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\\\"ul1\\\">\n<li class=\\\"li6\\\"><i><\/i><span class=\\\"s1\\\"><i>2011 Lydney Police Station appears on a list of Gloucestershire Police Stations earmarked for closure by the former Police Authority<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\\\"li6\\\"><i>2012 Ownership of the building on Lydney High Street passes to the PCC following his election. Although earmarked for <\/i><a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.theforester.co.uk\/article.cfm?id=27&amp;headline=All%20Forest%20police%20stations%20to%20close&amp;searchyear=2012\\\"><span class=\\\"s4\\\"><i>closure<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> by the former Police Authority as part of a major programme of budget cuts, the PCC\u2019s aspiration is to re-establish it when finances permit<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\\\"ul1\\\">\n<li class=\\\"li6\\\"><i><\/i><span class=\\\"s1\\\"><i>2015 The station is mothballed and operational resources are directed from Coleford<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\\\"li6\\\"><i><\/i><span class=\\\"s1\\\"><i>2017 the Constabulary\u00a0 seeks to lease out the property with no interest.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\\\"li6\\\"><i><\/i><span class=\\\"s1\\\"><i>2020 PCC announces Lydney Police Station will re-open<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\\\"p4\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\\\"p7\\\"><span class=\\\"s1\\\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Gloucestershire police stations, earmarked for closure a decade ago, will\u00a0 be\u00a0 open to the public once more. \u00a0Lydney Police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[135,160,20,12,8,25,62,91,92],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>True to my word: I haven\\&#039;t closed any police stations.. 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