Market Bosworth Police Station Success (Hinckley & Bosworth Liberal Democrats)

Hinckley & Bosworth Liberal Democrats <bosworthlibdems@yahoo.co.uk>

Market Bosworth Police Station Success

May 5, 2009 9:45 AM

Chris Huhne MP, Cllr Bill Crooks and Michael Mullaney outside Market Bosworth Police Station

Cllr Bill Crooks, Michael Mullaney and the Lib Dems are delighted that the police are to re-open Market Bosworth Police Station

A local police station is to be re-opened to the public after a successful campaign mounted by Liberal Democrat Councillors and members of the public.

A petition to re-open the Market Bosworth police station to the public was organised by Liberal Democrat Councillor Bill Crooks. He has now handed in the petition which was signed by well over a hundred people in the village.

Cllr Crooks said "I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported the campaign to re-open the police station.

"The good news is that the police have now listened to local people's concerns and are prepared to act. They have now agreed, as a start, to re-open the station to the public on Wednesday mornings.

"This is good news but we will continue to press Leicestershire police to open it on a more frequent basis.

"Hinckley and Bosworth council have now made it one of their targets to re-open the police station and this is written into our strategy for the area.

"The police are looking for volunteers to help man the station, similar to a successful scheme in operation in Melton Mowbray. If volunteers come forward the police could open the station even more often."