A serving police officer has told a local Rotary club that he would personally like to see more police officers in Shrewsbury Town Centre.
But whether that will happen, Sergeant Gary Lansdale said ’I remain positive that senior officers are doing their best to make this happen.’
“Since September I have been in charge of a dedicated team of officers covering Shrewsbury town centre. We currently have two Police Constables and one Police Community Support Officer and a rotation of student officers on attachments. In addition to this Shrewsbury is still covered by 24/7 uniform patrol team.
Dealing with the question of people sleeping on the streets, Sergeant Lansdale said this was not something that we could police our way out of and it needed a multi-agency approach to tackle the underlying issues around this, such as mental health, drugs/alcohol addiction and personal circumstances.
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