Arundel police station to become “appointment only”

TOWN councillors have voiced fears that Arundel’s police station is to be closed to public callers.

Their concerns follow a review of all 36 Sussex Police stations with front offices, to identify where opening hours could be cut back without adversely affecting the service to the community.

Arundel is one of a number of more rural stations recommended to be open “for appointments only”, although no final decision has yet been taken.

If the station was to be closed, it could prove embarrassing for Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert, the policing minister, to lose a police station at the heart of his constituency.

Deputy Arundel mayor Anne Harriott told the Gazette: “We are concerned that the police station is not going to be manned in future.

“I know we have to lose things in these difficult times, but there are some frontline things the country does need, and policing is one of them.

“How long will it be before we see a ‘for sale’ sign outside the police station?

“That is what is worrying us.”