Community policing remains a top priority locally, according to the area’s top cop.
Speaking as he confirmed a new dedicated officer for Alexandria had been appointed, Local Area Commander for West Dunbartonshire, Inspector Ryan McMurdo, said that a number of serial thieves had been brought to justice.
Inspector McMurdo told a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing and communities committee: “When I started last year I pledged that I would look to enhance our community policing team.