Fears for Porty Police Station

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The rumours that the police station will be turned into a Wetherspoons have been doing the rounds for ages now (and have been discounted), but with the amount of policing being done out of Craigmillar then the Portobello station is clearly at risk. From The Herald yesterday:

MacAskill police office faces cuts

A MAJOR police office within Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's constituency faces having its hours cut as part of the national review of station operations.

According to unions representing civilian staff, Portobello Police Office in the east of Edinburgh is one of the stations under the microscope.

Response policing has already moved from Portobello to Craigmillar, and unions warned the overall plan will be "brutal".

It is understood one main plan is to have only one 24-hour station in each policing division, with commanders looking at wholesale closures and dayshift plans.

Somebody's hot on the action with the Save Porty Police Station page being set up already.