Police Chief Urged To Reinstate A Fully Operational Police Station In Corby

Posted on 18th March 2025 at 10:47

Time to review resources

Currently, a police hub is open two days a week in Corby, Northamptonshire - a situation Labour MP Lee Barron criticised.

In a letter to Chief Constable Ivan Balhatchet, he said: "The current service is just not good enough. It is time to review resources and set up a police station and a dedicated response unit which can meet the demands of our communities."

Police, fire and crime commissioner, Danielle Stone, and the chief constable said there was a visit planned in Corby in the next few weeks, and they had contacted Mr Barron for his involvement.

The Corby Cube is where the current police hub is situated

Police officers moved out of their station in Elizabeth Street to a hub at the multimillion-pound Corby Cube in 2017.

In his letter, the MP emphasised his concerns were not a criticism of frontline officers, who he said were working hard with limited resources. Instead, he argued that Corby residents deserved a response unit capable of meeting the town's policing demands, and would raise the issue in Parliament to the policing minister.

Mr Barron added: "I urge you to support an uplift in Corby's policing provision and would welcome the opportunity to meet with you as soon as possible to discuss how we can improve this situation."

"Across the county, this could be through shared hubs with other organisations, seeking innovative ways of engaging the community, or by opening new facilities of our own, and we will balance the needs of the community with the operational demands of policing.

"We are working on this as fast as we can to ensure police officers are visible and accessible in the heart of neighbourhoods across the county."

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