Cuts in police station opening hours

MORE cuts in policing in West Sussex are being implemented in an attempt to counter a Â£9.4 million funding gap in Sussex Police funding. Police stations are being forced to reduce the number of hours they are open in order to save money.

By The Newsroom

Published 27th Mar 2007, 17:46 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 04:00 BST

There is now only one police station that is open 24 hours a day in the whole of Sussex- Brighton Police Station.

The move has come despite residents having doubled their share in the cost of policing in the last ten years.

Mid Sussex is one of the areas hit, with stations at Haywards Heath, East Grinstead and Burgess Hill opening from 10am -8pm from next month, instead of opening up at 8.30am.

Accountants acting for the Sussex Police force have said that shortening hours of opening for more police stations would be on the cards as part of its drive to save money.

The move has been criticised by three West Sussexs MP's Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames said the situation was another savage example of the Government's double speak.

(For full story see West Sussex Gazette March 28)