A new Police Station in Cowes was officially opened by Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, and Chief Constable, Scott Chilton, on Friday 12 January.
It’s located at 126 High Street, Cowes (opposite The Anchor). The Cowes Neighbourhood Policing Team will be based there, giving them a visible police presence in the town and making them more accessible to residents. Opening times will be advertised on the screen at the front of the police station and on the Isle of Wight Police social media pages.
This is the first police station to reopen on the Island. Later this year Ryde Police Station will reopen to the public as well.
Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, said: “I would like to thank Donna Jones for her hard work in reopening a police station in Cowes. Donna and I have been working to deliver a better deal on policing. The result is that, with additional resource, crime has reduced and police officers are becoming more accessible to the public once again.
“We now have a Roads Policing Unit back on the Island and an additional 30 police officers are on the Island tackling crime so the net is closing on offenders all the time. We’re also working on getting better support for victims of sexual assault on the Island.
“The public can be reassured that, from now, they will increasingly be able to access their local police officers through the reopening of police stations across the Island and also through named officers in local communities. There’s a lot of work being done to help make our streets safe and drive down crime.”
