A new unit of Emergency Incident Response Officers (EMROs) have been based at Southport Police Station.
It follows a force-wide internal review of emergency responses, which saw a recommendation made to increase the number of EMROs across Merseyside.
This has led to additional officers being based at Southport Police Station.
This move will improve the police’s ability to respond to emergency calls force-wide, especially those communities in the outlying areas of Merseyside such as Southport.
There is now a team of sergeants and constables based at Southport Police Station which cover all shift patterns – mornings, afternoons, and nights. This will run alongside the existing Community Policing Team already operating from within Southport.
Southport MP Damien Moore, who has advocated throughout his time as the local MP for an increase in policing resources for Southport, has commented on the visible benefits to the town of these new arrangements.
He said: “Our local policing teams do extraordinary work every day to make Southport safer. I warmly welcome Merseyside Police’s confirmation that our town has been prioritised for additional resources.
“With a new unit of Emergency Incident Response Officers being based at Southport Police Station, we can expect to see an increase in policing activity and visibility as police travel between incidents.
“We will also see an improvement in the police’s ability to respond to emergency calls, giving re-
assurance to residents that the police are always rapidly available when needed.
“I have great confidence in the work of local policing leaders, who I meet regularly to discuss the
issues which are brought to me as Southport’s MP. I’m always on hand to assist residents in flagging thematic concerns with the police – please get in touch if you’d like to discuss this with me further.”
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