Access to the Forres Police Public Counter

We are both perplexed and concerned to learn that the Forres Police Public Counter is open to the public at a different period of time than corresponding counters in Buckie and Nairn.

While the Forres counter is open only between 09.00 and 17.00 five days per week, the Buckie counter is open for longer , between 08.00 and 18.00 seven days per week, and the Nairn counter is open longer as well, between 07.00 and midnight seven days per week.

The shorter opening hours at Forres cannot be justified on the grounds of the difference in size of the area that it serves or of differences in its population, as these are broadly the same for all three counters.

We believe that both the public and the police service in Forres would be better served if the Forres Police Public Counter was open seven days per week the same as the similar service provided at Nairn and Buckie.

In general across the Highlands & Islands Argyll & Bute and Moray we believe that Police Public Counters should be open either 24/7 or at standard other times.