Budleigh Salterton Police Station is to open its doors for regular community surgeries. The station will open between 10.00 am and 2.00 pm every Monday except Bank Holidays from 23 March 2009, and at the same time every alternate Saturday from 4 April 2009.
The surgeries will be held by the local Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Chantalle Major and will be focussed on speaking with the public who wish to drop in and discuss local issues. The aim will be to gauge what concerns residents and visitors may have and discuss them with staff who will initiate work to try and resolve those concerns.
Additionally PCSO Chantalle Major has been joined on the Budleigh Salterton beat by PCSO Malcolm Maguire, who is going to be active in patrols around Budleigh Salterton and East Budleigh. With PCSO Sarah Trayhurn responsible for Otterton and Colaton Raleigh and the beat manager PC David Lea overseeing the whole area, this brings the number of staff for the rural beat centered at Budleigh Salterton to four.
PC David Lea said, "It has been a wish of mine utilise this local police station to greater effect. It will provide a service for the public to come to us and talk over their concerns. We will try this out for four months with the hope to extend it further. Chantalle will leave us sometime in August for the birth of her second child. By then we are hoping to have a pool of volunteers in place who can speak with visitors to the station and listen to their concerns.
"The addition of PCSO Malcolm Maguire is also a very welcomed boost to the area."
Malcolm is also looking to open up a community surgery at East Budleigh information room near the village hall. This will be happening from 6 April with further details of times being released via local media, the police website, the local shop in East Budleigh and at the venue itself.
PC David Lea added, "I have to thank Inspector Capey at Exmouth for releasing Malcolm to help here at Budleigh. This will go a long way to increasing the PACT panels which will be used to resolve community issues. These panels have already proven their worth in other parts of the Devon and Cornwall policing area and I hoping for similar good results here. These are all positive moves to increase public satisfaction with the level of local policing. We are confident we can deliver what are embarking on and make ourselves more available to the general public."
PACT (Partners And Communities Together) Panels comprise of local police, residents, youth representatives, councillors, trades people and the like. There is an appeal for people to join their local PACT Panel. If you are interested and think you could represent your local area or wish to know more about PACT then please use the contact details below. Similarily, if you feel you could help out at Budleigh Police Station as a volunteer, later this Spring, then use the same contact details.
For further information contact PC David Lea via, the Devon and Cornwall Police website and follow the links to Neighbourhood Policing or call Budleigh Salterton Police Station on 01395 442431.
The surgeries will be held by the local Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Chantalle Major and will be focussed on speaking with the public who wish to drop in and discuss local issues. The aim will be to gauge what concerns residents and visitors may have and discuss them with staff who will initiate work to try and resolve those concerns.
Additionally PCSO Chantalle Major has been joined on the Budleigh Salterton beat by PCSO Malcolm Maguire, who is going to be active in patrols around Budleigh Salterton and East Budleigh. With PCSO Sarah Trayhurn responsible for Otterton and Colaton Raleigh and the beat manager PC David Lea overseeing the whole area, this brings the number of staff for the rural beat centered at Budleigh Salterton to four.
PC David Lea said, "It has been a wish of mine utilise this local police station to greater effect. It will provide a service for the public to come to us and talk over their concerns. We will try this out for four months with the hope to extend it further. Chantalle will leave us sometime in August for the birth of her second child. By then we are hoping to have a pool of volunteers in place who can speak with visitors to the station and listen to their concerns.
"The addition of PCSO Malcolm Maguire is also a very welcomed boost to the area."
Malcolm is also looking to open up a community surgery at East Budleigh information room near the village hall. This will be happening from 6 April with further details of times being released via local media, the police website, the local shop in East Budleigh and at the venue itself.
PC David Lea added, "I have to thank Inspector Capey at Exmouth for releasing Malcolm to help here at Budleigh. This will go a long way to increasing the PACT panels which will be used to resolve community issues. These panels have already proven their worth in other parts of the Devon and Cornwall policing area and I hoping for similar good results here. These are all positive moves to increase public satisfaction with the level of local policing. We are confident we can deliver what are embarking on and make ourselves more available to the general public."
PACT (Partners And Communities Together) Panels comprise of local police, residents, youth representatives, councillors, trades people and the like. There is an appeal for people to join their local PACT Panel. If you are interested and think you could represent your local area or wish to know more about PACT then please use the contact details below. Similarily, if you feel you could help out at Budleigh Police Station as a volunteer, later this Spring, then use the same contact details.
For further information contact PC David Lea via, the Devon and Cornwall Police website and follow the links to Neighbourhood Policing or call Budleigh Salterton Police Station on 01395 442431.
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