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    Jan 2021

    Last Updated: 07/01/2021
    Crime
    Crime

    Pateley Bridge police station to be sold

    by Calvin Robinson

    | 07 Jan, 2021
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    Julia Mulligan, North Yorkshire's police commissioner, says the police station is expensive to run and closing it will generate savings that can be spent on frontline policing.

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    The Pateley Bridge police station on King Street in the town, which was closed. Picture: Nidderdale AONB.

    Pateley Bridge’s police station is to be sold for an estimated £142,000 to save money.

    The building on King Street will be offloaded and officers relocated in an effort to save £19,000 per year.

    Julia Mulligan, North Yorkshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, made the decision to sell the station shortly before Christmas after agreement with the force’s chief constable.

    In a decision report, the commissioner said police officers will move to Harrogate Borough Council’s offices across the road.



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    The report added the sale could bring in £142,000 on top of the estimated savings.

    Ms Mulligan said the money could be reinvested in frontline policing and the decision was part of a strategy to relocate officers alongside other public and third sector services.

    She added:

    “Pateley Bridge station is a large building and is relatively expensive to run.  
    “Whilst local officers and staff are based there, the building is far too large for the size of team based there.  
    “New mobile working technology means officers are spending less time in the station and more time in the community, which has also affected how often the current station is occupied. This will decrease further as new applications are added to the technology.”


    The commissioner said in the report that the front counter service, which is currently at Nidderdale Plus office due to coronavirus, will remain open.