It is becoming very clear that with the increase in burglaries, drug dealing and general crime Banbridge town NEEDS a fully operational police station, a station where there is a quick response team who can react to any immediate need, a station who can monitor our towns cctv and react accordingly to a given situation, a station where residents of our town can call for support in times of need, a station where 'policemen and women on the beat' are based and controlled locally and whose visibility in the community will deter crime and possibly catch criminals in the act. The current situation where cover is provided by Lurgan is unacceptable as it involves a 20 minute car journey for the officers to attend an incident.