SHANKLIN police station’s has re-opened to the public after a temporary closure during September. And there have been reassurances the station is not about to shut permanently.

It was business as usual as a result of an increase in the number of Station Enquiry Officers (SEOs) available to work on the Island. The rest of the Shanklin police station was unaffected during September with no changes to the community patrols and duties of frontline officers and staff from the Targeted Patrol teams, Safer Neighbourhoods teams and Roads Policing Unit based at Shanklin.

The Shanklin front office is now open to the public from 8.30am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5pm between Monday and Saturday. On Sundays, the front office is open from 8.30am to 1pm and from 2pm to 4.30pm. Outside these hours, people can also contact police by using the free emergency yellow telephone on the front wall of Shanklin police station at the junction of Landguard Road and Carter Road opposite the Somerfield supermarket.

Inspector Paul Savill said: “We reluctantly had to take the temporary decision to close the Shanklin front office during September because two of the Island’s SEOs were off work with long-term sickness. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience the temporary closure may have caused. I would also like to reassure people that there are no current plans to close Shanklin police station.”