Don't bother with cop shopfront

If, as I suspect, the Umina Beach Police Station Peter Debnam has promised to re-open, should he be elected to Government, is in fact the shopfront cop shop on West St, Umina, then I must say: Don't bother Pete.

The previous place was manned part-time by Volunteers in Policing, who had no policing authority, and served only as a teabreak pitstop for patrolling police cars and tied up a valuable parking spot full time.

Should he have in mind the police station that, in bygone days, was at Ettalong: Forget it also.

The building, a lovely old waterfront house, has long been demolished to avoid the possibility of what Pete has promised.

After-hour patrolling, as we had with security officer and dog, would help meet our needs.

All it requires is to convince the business owners, who refused to contribute toward the cost of the service from which they benefited, to do so and reinstate that service.

Dean Hartigan Umina