East Dunbartonshire police stations approved for disposal
Police Scotland has confirmed plans to dispose of Milngavie and Bishopbriggs police stations.
Disposing of these two building will reduce ongoing costs associated with retaining underutilised properties and aligns with Police Scotland’s intention to create a modern estate that best serves our communities and our workforce.
There will be no disruption to policing services because of this decision. The stations do not have public access and are used by a small number of community police officers.
Local Area Commander, Aidan Higgins said: “Response officers, those officers who respond to non-emergency and emergency calls to the police, covering the East Dunbartonshire area have been based in Kirkintilloch for over ten years. This means there will be no change in how incidents are responded to or the level of service provided to the community. Community officers for the area will continue to be visible on foot and on cycle patrol. Response officers will continue with daily routine patrolling.
“The disposal of Milngavie and Bishopbriggs forms an important part of our ongoing work to transform the police estate from one which was designed to meet the needs of policing and communities 50 years ago to one that reflects how people access policing services now.
“Our focus is to ensure we have the right presence to enhance visibility and accessibility for members of our communities and provides modern and efficient facilities for our officers and staff.
“This means being available in locations already used by the community. We’re continuing to explore co-location points in support of this and officers will be promoting local drop-in sessions which will be publicised via social media channels, community councils and flyers distributed across the community.”
In November 2024, the Scottish Police Authority endorsed Police Scotland’s Estates Masterplan, a 10-year programme to create a modern estate that best serves our communities and our workforce.
Under the masterplan we aim to create an estate of strategically based hubs and local contact points that will enable officers to continue being visible and accessible to local communities. The exact look and feel of this estate model will be tailored to each area and will take account of local needs and dependencies.
For non-emergencies and general enquiries, members of the public can call 101, and 999 in the event of an emergency. If you are deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or cannot communicate via speech you can utilise the text relay service on 18001101.
For emergencies British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us by using 999 BSL. For non-emergencies BSL users can use Contact Scotland BSL. Both these sites are free to use.
