Police move into Town Hall

Surrey Police have now opened their new front counter in Epsom & Ewell Town Hall in The Parade. Their "Neighbourhood Policing" team for Epsom & Ewell are now also based there.

Residents can now access Surrey Police services at a new police front counter in the reception area of the Town Hall. These front counter services have been moved from Epsom Police Station as part of Surrey Police's modernisation programme, which aims to make accessing services more convenient, strengthen partnership working and save costs whilst also investing in more police constables on Surrey streets.

As well as counter services, Safer Neighbourhood Officers will now also work out of the Borough Council offices. Members of the public visiting Epsom & Ewell Borough Council will now have the convenience of a one-stop-shop for even more local services, all under one roof.

At the police counter, people will be able to carry out all the transactions that they can currently do at a main police station, including producing documents, handing in lost property, reporting accidents or crimes, answering bail etc and getting advice and guidance on crime matters.

The police counter service will operate from Mon - Fri, 9am to 5pm. Weekend and evening services are available at the police stations in Guildford, Woking, Reigate and Staines. Many transactions can also be done online or over the phone.

Epsom & Ewell Neighbourhood Inspector Craig Knight said: "I am extremely pleased that the move to the Town Hall has now been completed and we can start to settle in to our new accommodation and work much more closely with our council and other partner agency colleagues".

Councillor Julie Morris, leader of the Lib Dem group, commented "We welcome having the police located alongside council officers. The front counter service will ensure that residents will continue to have a convenient police contact point in the centre of town. We hope that it will ease and strengthen collaboration between council and police officers, for example over questions of licensing and late night noise and disturbance. We are pleased that as well as improving services, this move should also lead to efficiencies and savings for both organisations and thus help reduce the costs to be borne by council tax payers".

Notes:

• Call 999 if a crime is in progress or someone is in immediate danger.
• Call 999 if you have any other genuine emergency requiring the attendance of the police.
• Call 101 for all non-emergency policing matters.
• Call 0800 555 111 to give Crimestoppers information about a crime without revealling your name.
• Click here to find your local Neighbourhood Police team etc.
• See the Surrey Police website at www.surrey.police.uk for up-to-date news.

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