Sawtell police station will effectively close it’s doors due to a lack of healthy officers to man the centre.
Deputy Police Commissioner David Owens expressed his concern over the high number of officers on sick leave within Coffs-Clarence Area Command, when he visited the area on Wednesday.
Since then a decision has been made to shut the doors of Sawtell station until enough officers are back from leave.
Sawtell and its surrounds will be patrolled by squad cars, with officers working out of Coffs Harbour police station.
