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Simon Hayes, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, has announced that a lease has been signed for the West Wight Safer Neighbourhoods Team (SNT) to relocate to the Yarmouth Harbour Office and set up the Yarmouth Neighbourhood Police Office.
Less than half a mile from the current police station, the relocation of the SNT to the Harbour Office is in line with commitments within the Police and Crime Commissioner’s estates strategy to ensure neighbourhood policing remains at the heart of local communities and to work with and share facilities with key partners where and when possible. The Harbour Office presents an ideal location for police to integrate with the local sailing community.
Team remains in the heart of the community
The review of the policing estate aims to ensure that the police operate from facilities that are fit for purpose and at the heart of the community, while ensuring we offer value for money to the public. Police and Crime Commissioner, Simon Hayes, comments on the relocation:
“In June of last year, I consulted with the local population in Yarmouth regarding plans to relocate West Wight SNT. At that consultation, the public were reassured that the team would remain in the heart of the community, with no change to the current service provision. Police Officers will continue to carry out their patrols and meet members of the public and key partners regularly in various locations locally.
Integration with partners
As part of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s commitment to neighbourhood policing, within the estates strategy there is an emphasis on greater integration with services provided by local partners.
Although in the early stages of negotiation with those partners, many local councils have been receptive to these plans to date and negotiations will continue with local district, unitary and the county councils to ensure that the police can operate from fit for purpose facilities at convenient locations at the heart of local communities, at no additional cost to the public.
Hampshire Constabulary already has a number of police officers and staff successfully sharing services and facilities with colleagues in local councils and fire stations.
