PFC makes bid for Guinness Book of Records

The Pat Finucane Centre has officially submitted Rosemount PSNI Barracks in Derry in a bid for a world record with the Guinness Book of Records.

The proposed record is for the "least used police station in any city on the planet".

The application follows the PSNI's response to a number of questions posed by the PFC at the last meeting of the District Policing Partnership. PSNI District Commander Richard Russell confirmed that one member of the public called at the Rosemount base on average each month. The Centre had asked for the breakdown of visitors between October 2003 and October 2004. Twelve people make their way to the front gate each year. It was also revealed that the base, which is open from 9am to 4pm each day, costs in the region of £275,000 a year to maintain. Residents of the Lower Creggan and Rosemount areas have long campaigned for the removal of a 100-foot surveillance mast inside the base. Rosemount is one of only two PSNI bases on the west bank of the River Foyle in Derry city. Over 70,000 people live on the west bank and the area surrounding the base is a densely populated residential area.