Strand Road police station.
The public enquiry office at Derry’s police headquarters has survived PSNI cutbacks.
However, the opening hours at the city’s other station at Lisnagelvin in the Watrside are to be reduced.
The PSNI has announced its public enquiry offices at stations throughout the North are to operate a maximum of 12 hours each day as part of its ongoing efforts to make significant budget cuts.
The only exceptions will be Musgrave Station in Belfast and Derry’s Strand Road Station enquiry offices, which will remain open to the public 24 hours each day.
Assistant Chief Constable for District Policing, Stephen Martin, stressed the reduction in enquiry office opening hours did not mean a reduction in service.
He added: “Policing remains a 24 hour, seven days a week operation and we will continue to be there at people’s time of need.
“Police activities within stations will continue as normal and we can be contacted 24 hours a day on either 101 or for emergencies on 999.”
The cutbacks follow research conducted by PSNI which show police stations receive a very small number of callers trying to attend to routine matters, such as presenting for bail and handing in driving documents, between the hours of 10.00pm and 8.00am.
The research showed the number of people visiting station enquiry offices after 10.00pm accounted for less than 2% of visits to the enquiry office over a whole week.
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