The future of Hove Police Station on Holland Road is ‘in jeopardy’ according to Brighton and Hove Labour councillor Warren Morgan.
Cllr Morgan revealed that the station is under threat of closure following a response to a question he put to Sussex Police Chief Superintendent Graham Bartlett at a recent meeting of the Community Safety Forum.

Hove Police Station

The councillor for East Brighton, who is Labour lead on Community Safety, said: “I am very concerned to learn, in response to my question on the future of Holland Road police station, that it is in jeopardy. It is important that all residents of Brighton and Hove have a local, accessible and responsive police presence, and we will be campaigning vigorously against this and other Conservative government cuts to local policing.”
He added: “If it is a question of money, why is the Conservative Government wasting £140 million on scrapping local Police Authorities and replacing them with elected police commissioners?”
Labour Councillor for Goldsmid Ward, Cllr Melanie Davis, who has created a petition entitled ‘Hove and Portslade Must Have a Police Station, said: “Hove must have its own police station, this is shocking news, we were told there would be no cuts to front line services and this is what is now being said.”
It has recently been confirmed that there are plans to axe Brighton & Hove’s Traffic Unit, which is based at Hove Station.