Published: Wednesday, 18th January, 2006 10:37
Mobile police station
By Border Telegraph Newsroom
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GALASHIELS police will be making their presence felt in Langlee at the start of the year.
A police community contact vehicle will be stationed in the area for a few days in January, February and March, in response to a plea for more bobbies on the beat.
The vehicle will also visit Balmoral Road and Kilknowe Place elsewhere in the town, providing residents with a more accessible place to meet the police.
Community constable, John Lennon, said: “The greatest request that we have is to get police officers back on the beat.
“This is a halfway house to accommodate that request. We are trying to give people something back from what they are asking for.
“It is targeted mainly at the general public and people who wouldn’t normally go to the police. Because of where the station is, people don’t always go there.
“We are trying to make people feel a bit more secure in the community by showing a presence.”
The vehicle will be in the car park in Woodstock Avenue from 10am-noon on Monday, January 16, before moving to the car park in Marigold Bank from 2-4pm.
It will be out again the following day at the Niki’s Bar car park in the morning, and the car park in Kilknowe Place for the afternoon.
The exercise will be repeated on February 20 and 21, and again on March 27 and 28.
PC Lennon says the vehicle could be a more common site if the trial run goes well.
He said: “It is the first time this has happened in Galashiels.
“We are going to launch it this month just as a trial, to see if we get any response to it. If it turns out to be successful, it will be a regular occurance.
“It is a great vehicle, but it is very much underused. It functions as a mobile police station, and it has all the facilities we have in the police station. You can even make tea and coffee in it.”
He added: “It will be for ourselves to make contact with the public, and have the public contact us.
“If they feel that they want to do so, they can also give us any information about any criminal activity that is taking place.”
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