Plans for Newark police station to be shared with ambulance service
The facility is said to have spare capacity
Last updated 10th Feb 2022
A new solution's been put forward which could solve the issue of under capacity at Newark police station.
It was due to shut with officers moving into a council building.
However Caroline Henry dropped the idea after being voted in as Nottinghamshire's crime commissioner.
Now the county's Chief Constable has said negotiations are underway which could see East Midlands Ambulance service using the station too.
The station, on Queen’s Road, was built in 2006 at a cost of £7m.
It is currently 75 per cent underused.
Mrs Henry decided to drop the plans following a public consultation which attracted 911 responses – with 726 against the move.
Speaking at a Police and Crime Panel at County Hall, West Bridgford, on Tuesday, February 8, Nottinghamshire Chief Constable Craig Guildford said: “In really simple terms, negotiations have progressed quite well and in due course I will be reporting into the commissioner with concluding aspects.
“It is with EMAS and that is really positive – two blue light services, win, win, for the public purse – and it will develop that area around the police station. Hopefully, win, win, outcome.”
Greg Cox, EMAS divisional director for Nottinghamshire, told the Local Democracy Service: “We are in very early discussions with Nottinghamshire Police regarding blue light collaboration in Newark.
“These discussions are currently commercially and legally sensitive and so it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.”