POLICE resources will not be reduced in Prestonpans, community leaders have been reassured.
A recent meeting of Preston Seton Gosford community and police partnership (CAPP) was told a community police officer was being redeployed to a new role.
Brian Weddell, Prestonpans Community Council chair, contacted Chief Inspector Neil Mitchell, East Lothian’s local area commander, expressing his concerns following the meeting, with the officer’s redeployment coming at the same time as a “significant increase in anti-social behaviour”.
PCs Walker Nixon and Fiona Cunningham are the community police officers for Preston Seton and Gosford (PSG). PC Cunningham works part-time.
But after five years, PC Nixon is to move to a new role covering schools across Musselburgh, Tranent and Prestonpans, a role suited to his skillset, said Ch Insp Mitchell.