Boost For Police Numbers In Market Harborough

Market Harborough Police Station

The number of Police officers based in Market Harborough will increase next month.

‘Response’ teams, who attend 999 calls, will return to the Fairfield Road station, five years after changes, as a result of cost-cutting,  saw them moved to a central hub Leicester.

The move is part of a new operating model being introduced by the Leicestershire force in March, which will see a more local system of Policing.

Although there have always been dedicated patrols across Harborough under the current system, the move of response officers to Keyham Lane Police Station in Leicester raised concerns about response times, as only Neighbourhood Officers were based in Market Harborough.

Leicestershire Police & Crime Commissioner, Willy Bach, spoke to Hfm: