Ramsey police station has appointed a new operational sergeant to join their northern neighbourhood policing team.

Police sergeant Andy Lee will be moving from Douglas, where he has worked for 18 years, to the north of the island.

He said: ‘I believe strongly in community and the advantages of genuine engagement between the police and the members of the public of which we are here to serve.’

‘I am myself a member of the local community of Ramsey.

‘Having now moved here from Douglas to live, I’m hoping that this will give me the truest of insights, that I might police as effectively as possible, be aware and live with the issues facing all of us in the northern climes of the island and gain an understanding of what I can do to best undertake my duties.’

The northern neighbourhood policing team works in Ballaugh, Jurby, Andreas, Bride, Maughold, Laxey, Lonan and Ramsey.

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