THE closure of Okehampton Police Station to the public may please a few time and motion people, but it's a public relations disaster. Twenty years ago the police, like the banks, made their station phone numbers secret; now they are putting stations off limits and saying that the only way to speak to a police officer in Okehampton is to ring what's effectively a call centre. They then decide who you're allowed to talk to. You are paid by us, the chargepayers — to say you're too busy filling in forms to talk to us is unacceptable. Alan Jones Holsworthy