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Shoebury police station to close on Fridays

3:04pm Friday 12th March 2010 in


Shoebury police station will no longer be open to the public on Fridays. Essex Police has said this is due to staff shortages. It will remain closed on Fridays until further notice.

Comments(14)

Nebs says...
3:22pm Fri 12 Mar 10

Burglars and drug dealers, please do not ply your trade on Fridays.

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mindboggles says...
3:34pm Fri 12 Mar 10

Sad thing is it probably won't make any difference to anyone.

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nails says...
5:42pm Fri 12 Mar 10

If they had'nt put this in the newspaper, nobody would have noticed. !!!!!!!!

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'V' says...
6:53pm Fri 12 Mar 10

Thats fine, I guess I can cut the amount of council tax that goes to the police by one seventh. Suits me.

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soul man says...
6:57pm Fri 12 Mar 10

a few more murders in that crap hole on a friday then, it wants nuking

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firedog says...
7:54pm Fri 12 Mar 10

Police station?Ithought it was a police clubhouse!

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evilc says...
8:17pm Fri 12 Mar 10

'V' wrote:
Thats fine, I guess I can cut the amount of council tax that goes to the police by one seventh. Suits me.
Gives you more to spend on jack boots.

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Thames Gateway says...
10:06pm Fri 12 Mar 10

Why Friday? Surely a Monday or Tuesday is likely to be quieter than a Friday?
Maybe it's a cunning plan to lull crims into a false sense of security on Friday, and then pounce on Shoebury and round up all the 'ne'er do wells'.

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dh1968 says...
12:19am Sat 13 Mar 10

soul man wrote:
a few more murders in that crap hole on a friday then, it wants nuking
Cant think of any murders to be honest.
Didn't realise you lived in the crime free area that you do !!!!!!

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evo_lution says...
8:33am Sat 13 Mar 10

By far the majority of shoebury is covered from Southend Police Station by the NPT response teams. Only PCSO's and NBO's work from shoebury and they will still be there - only the FRONT OFFICE is closing.
SO in actual fact the policing level of SHoebury will remain the same. The only reduction in staff will be one front office staff member - i think, just maybe, shoebury will cope with this.
How about you lot get the facts right before making such sweeping and illjudged comment?

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evilc says...
8:45am Sat 13 Mar 10

evo_lution wrote:
By far the majority of shoebury is covered from Southend Police Station by the NPT response teams. Only PCSO's and NBO's work from shoebury and they will still be there - only the FRONT OFFICE is closing.
SO in actual fact the policing level of SHoebury will remain the same. The only reduction in staff will be one front office staff member - i think, just maybe, shoebury will cope with this.
How about you lot get the facts right before making such sweeping and illjudged comment?
Sorry mate but Essex Police have a history of shutting police Stations for one day, then at weekends finally closing them to the public.

Then suddenly they are opened again after the crime rate increases, the opening of the Police Station is greeted in the press by a smiling new 'Look what I have done' Chief Inspector (more interested in promotion than the crime rate)

i.e Pitsea, Hadleigh, Eastwood, Benfleet, Canvey ALL have done the 'open and shut' fiasco.

A Police Station is either open or shut it should NEVER have a certain day shut that is the policy of an idiotic new Senior 'I will change things' Officer.

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Marshwalker says...
2:44pm Sat 13 Mar 10

soul man wrote:
a few more murders in that crap hole on a friday then, it wants nuking
You should be carefull soul man, Canvey Island (or should I say Clap Island) is below sea level, and is more closer to to crap that flows down the Thames. The only thing wrong with Shoebury is the lack of a decent main road to the rest of the UK.

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Miss D Meaner says...
10:23pm Sat 13 Mar 10

evilc wrote:
'V' wrote: Thats fine, I guess I can cut the amount of council tax that goes to the police by one seventh. Suits me.
Gives you more to spend on jack boots.
Pretty rich, coming from one as rabidly right-wing as you appear to be.

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evilc says...
2:33pm Sun 14 Mar 10

Miss D Meaner wrote:
evilc wrote:
'V' wrote: Thats fine, I guess I can cut the amount of council tax that goes to the police by one seventh. Suits me.
Gives you more to spend on jack boots.
Pretty rich, coming from one as rabidly right-wing as you appear to be.
Thank you recognition at last.

It takes one to know one as they say?

Especially if you do live in the rich man's road

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