Police have been forced to close the counter at Malvern’s 24-hour police station overnight at times without the resources to staff the inner-city station.

It means the station is ‘effectively closed’ with members of the public unable to come in and speak to officers, Police Association Secretary Ron Iddles said.

‘A 24-hour police station should have the doors open 24 hours a day,’ he told Neil Mitchell.

‘We are an emergency service, and we should be open.’

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