Police station opens at children's hospital

A new police station has opened on the Alder Hey Children's hospital campus in Liverpool.

The new base has been established to make officers more accessible to people visiting the hospital and to provide a space that puts vulnerable witnesses at ease, Merseyside Police said.

The station will also serve as a drop-in point for the local policing team and response officers, as well as police staff.

Merseyside's Police and Crime Commissioner, Emily Spurrell, said it was the first community police station in the region to be based by a hospital and will "ensure officers and staff are accessible to the people they serve".

She said the station would meet the "operational needs of modern policing, but also provide a compassionate environment for some of the most vulnerable members of our community".

The new site will be known as the Springfield Park Community Police Station, and can be found in the hospital's Catkin building.

It will be open on a regular, but not continuous basis, a spokesman for the force said.

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