MILFORD Haven will not lose its police station; Police and Crime Commissioner Chris Salmon told local councillors on Friday (September 19).

During a day of visits in the town, Mr Salmon met with town councillors to hear their views on policing in the town.

Top of the agenda was the fear that plans to relocate Milford Haven Police Station were actually plans to move it out of the town or close it.

Mr Salmon repeatedly assured councillors this was not the case, and that other sites in the town were currently being looked at.

Pressed on whether the ground floor of the town hall – which would become vacant if plans to move county council services to the town library go ahead – was a likely candidate for the new premises, Mr Salmon said no decisions had yet been made.

He said no decision had yet been made on whether to re-home the local station, but added that the current building needed around £300,000 spending on it over the next ten years – money that could be better spent elsewhere.

Mr Salmon was also questioned on the future of CCTV and its effectiveness in fighting crime, and responded to concerns that police presence was “less than adequate”.

He said great strides had been made since his appointment to free up officers from doing paperwork so they could patrol the streets.

He added that he hoped the hiring of 30 new officers across the Dyfed-Powys force area would also help improve the police’s visibility.