POLICE are failing the people of Bordon and White- hill, it was claimed at a public forum this week. The criticism followed a talk in Liphook by Hampshire officer Pc Pete Fletcher, who has recently swapped his police beat duties on the streets of Liss for a desk at East Hampshire District Council, where he has taken on the new post of community safety officer. Pc Fletcher outlined the details of the recent police reorganisation and the new approach to community policing in the Whitehill, Bordon, Liphook, Liss and Petersfield areas. But several speakers from Bordon, Whitehill and Liphook voiced their frustration at the lack of police help they said they had received. They claim-ed there had been no police action to stop anti-social behaviour, and eventually they discovered that police officers had left or changed their jobs. Hazel Rudd told the meeting about her four-year trauma in Whitehill and Bordon, where she claimed her life had been made a misery by anti-social behaviour. Ms Rudd said she was forced to leave her home almost every weekend to get away from the nightmare. She claimed the police had been completely ineffectual in helping her, despite the fact she kept a running diary of her problems. "You talk, you change your jobs, but nothing ever happens," she complained. Pc Fletcher also received heavy criticism for an alleged lack of police activity in Liphook, where villagers have voiced concerns about vandalism and anti-social behaviour. The meeting heard that the police office at the village's Millennium Hall was only open one evening a week and there were calls for a higher police presence. Pc Fletcher said the beat officer for Liphook was Pc Tony Crouch and, in addition to him, there was a police community support officer as well as 24- hour, seven-day-a-week res-ponse cars in the event of 999 calls. Pc Fletcher said he was stationed at East Hampshire District Council's offices, but if members of the public rang him about incidents, he would ring Pc Crouch to inform him. But one resident said: "We have heard tonight of several comments and questions from members of the public where seemingly the police have failed them." Pc Fletcher said: "Whitehill is the main centre for our 24-hour, seven-day-a-week res-ponse teams in this area." He added there were also special traffic officers based at Whitehill and the criminal investigation department was based at Alton. He said there were four police community support officers in the district and this number would increase to 15 in early 2007.