This in from the Hampshire Constabulary. Ed
Police on the Isle of Wight are advising members of the public not to visit the front office of Shanklin police station during the next month.
The front office will be closed to members of the public from 5pm on Thursday, September 2 until at least Friday, September 30, 2010.
Isle of Wight District Acting Chief Inspector Paul Savill said: “We’ve reluctantly had to take this temporary decision because two of our Station Enquiry Officers (SEOs) are off work with long-term sickness. We’re also waiting for a vacancy to be filled as another SEO is leaving to become a full-time police constable on the island.
“Our remaining Station Enquiry Officers are working to maintain a complete daily service as normal at the island’s other main police stations, Newport and Ryde.
“People can still contact us by using the free emergency yellow telephone on the front wall of Shanklin police station at the junction of Landguard Road and Carter Road opposite the Somerfield supermarket. However, members of the public may need to consider travelling to Newport and Ryde police stations instead for certain non-urgent appointments.
“I would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, and I’m confident we will open the front office at Shanklin in October when the staffing situation will be better.”
The rest of the police station will be unaffected during September with no changes to the community patrols and duties of frontline officers and staff from the Targeted Patrol teams, Safer Neighbourhoods teams and Roads Policing Unit based at Shanklin.
Alternative stations
The addresses and opening times for the island’s other main police stations are:
Newport Police Station
High Street
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 1SZ
Enquiry office open
Monday to Sunday: 8:30am – 8pm
Ryde Police Station
Station Street
Ryde
Isle of Wight
PO33 2QH
Enquiry office opening times:
Monday to Saturday: 8:30am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm
Sunday: 8:30am – 1pm, 2pm – 4:30pm
Police can be contacted as normal by calling our non-emergency phone numbers 101 or 0845 045 45 45. Mini-Com users can call the police on 01962 875000. Information can be given anonymously by phoning the independent Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.
Read more information about your local Safer Neighbourhoods team by going online and typing in your postcode.
Mobile police office
Residents and visitors are welcome to discuss policing and community safety issues with their local police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) on the 14th of each month when the island’s mobile police office tours the East Wight and Bay area.
Perowne Way, Sandown: 9.00am – 9.55am
Sandown High Street: 10.00am – 10.55am
The Wheatsheaf Inn car park, Brading: 11.00am – 11.55am
The old Maritime Museum car park, Bembridge: 12.10pm – 1.25pm
The Roadside Inn car park, Nettlestone: 1.30pm – 2.25pm
Seaview Esplanade: 2.30pm – 3.30pm
The Shanklin and Lake Safer Neighbourhoods team will be taking the Isle of Wight mobile police office to the following locations on Monday, September 20.
Josephs Way: 09.30am to 10.30am
The Rogers / Oaklyn Gardens: 11.00am to 12.00pm
Vernon Meadows car park: 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Orchard Road: 2.00pm – 3.00pm
A neighbourhood beat surgery is held on the first Tuesday of every month at the Co-Op store, Sandown Road, Lake between 11.00am and 12.00pm.
A neighbourhood beat surgery is held at Morrison’s supermarket, Newport Road, Lake on the first Thursday of the month between 11.30am and 12.30pm.
