SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY


CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE


September saw the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of St Helens Police Station. To mark the occasion, members of the National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO) were invited to the station on Friday 22 September to meet current serving officers and staff and tour the station


“It has been a fantastic opportunity for our retired colleagues to meet young-in-service officers and staff stationed at St Helens, swap stories and discover how much has changed in fifty years.”


NARPO guests during a short presentation and provided them with a guided tour of the station that proved to be a real


St Helens Police Station was a brand-new build for Lancashire Constabulary prior to the formation of Merseyside Police and a boundary change in 1974 that saw the building become part of the Merseyside force estate. Chief Inspector of Operations at St Helens, Paul Holden, greeted the


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trip down Memory Lane when the retired colleagues saw a comparison of how the vehicle fleet has changed. Chief Inspector Holden said: “It has been a fantastic opportunity for our retired colleagues to meet young-in- service officers and staff stationed at St Helens, swap stories and discover how


much has changed in fifty years. “Something that hasn’t changed though, is the reason all of these officers and staff joined the police service; from student officers to retired senior officers, the reasons were the same: to protect people and pursue offenders – to keep their community safe and make a difference. “Police stations come and go but I’m proud to say that our commitment to putting our community first in everything that we do, remains.”


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