Hampshire News
Click the logos above for more stories from your area.
‘Higher council tax, lower policing levels’
POLICING in the Whitchurch area came under fire at the recent annual town assembly at the Gill Nethercott Centre.
Speaking about the situation Cllr Eric Dunlop said: "The most troubling complaints that I have had, have been concerned with groups of young people who have caused problems to our elderly folk.
"The comment that I have received is that when the police have been contacted they have not had the resources to send anyone but have given the complainer an incident number.
"It has now been particularly highlighted since the hike in council taxes to pay for police services. It would seem to me that we are paying for something that we are not getting full value for.
"I have taken and played my part in open council debates at Basingstoke where I supported and voted to retain our community wardens."
It's been over a month since the plans to move the 15 officers based at Whitchurch police station to Basingstoke, and residents were still concerned that a change in shift would result in all units being away from the area at certain times of the day.
During the assembly members of the public questioned Chief Inspector Jill Baldry and Rural Inspector Paul Robertson about their concerns over the new policing proposals.
Speaking at a subsequent town council meeting former Mayor Cllr Steve Robbins said: "Although a number of questions were asked and Rural Inspector Paul Robertson provided some useful clarification, attendees were not clear whether the new arrangements would lead to improvements or otherwise."
4:38pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
Print 
Email this 
Comment
What are these links for?
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
More on Digg
More on del.icio.us
More on Furl
More on reddit
More on NowPublic/
More on Yahoo!
