Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Chris Nelson and Cllr Dave Norman, Gloucestershire County Council's Cabinet with responsibility for the fire service at the opening of the Newent police community hub at the town's fire station
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00:00 It's great to be here in Newan this afternoon for the opening of this joint fire and police station.
00:07 We've been pushing for quite some time now to improve the footprint of our police in our communities.
00:16 And one of the best ways of doing it, we've found, is by working with our colleagues in the County Council and the Fire Service
00:24 to have these combined fire stations, police stations. This is the first one, Winchcombe next week is going to be the second one
00:33 and there's two or three others that we've got our eye on if they are suitable.
00:38 And it'll improve the footprint of the police in our community, make it easier for our officers to go on patrol,
00:45 organise meetings, take place, these meetings here in this fire station, so that the police are closer to the community they serve.
00:57 So it's a great day.
00:59 Can I echo what the Police and Crime Commissioner has said?
01:03 The Fire and Rescue Service is delighted that we continue to work in a collaborative way.
01:11 It's fantastic that we can provide facilities to improve what is available to the communities that we serve across the county.
01:21 We have a very close working relationship now, which historically has not existed, but it's fantastic that we're now where we are moving forward.
01:31 Newan today, which is very close to my heart for very many reasons, moving on to Winchcombe,
01:37 and my aim, working with the Chief Fire Officer and other colleagues, is we have at least one of these police and community fire hubs
01:49 available in every district council area of Gloucestershire, because it's got to be right for our working,
01:55 and it's got to be right for the communities that we serve.
01:58 So I'm delighted to be shaking the hand of the Police and Crime Commissioner,
02:03 with people here today witnessing a first, and it won't be the last.
02:08 Thank you very much.
02:10 Great. Well done.
02:12 [APPLAUSE]
02:15 [clattering]