Police contact points will open later this year to replace 24 hour front desk services.

The Metropolitan police controversially announced they would be closing 24 hours front desks at all but one of the police stations in the borough earlier this year

Instead two new contact points will be located in the former 24 hour station Tooting Police Station, in Mitcham Road, Tooting, and St Mary's Church Café, Putney High Street.

The contact points will be staffed by Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) and will be open for a minimum of three hours a week.

Jubilee House, in Putney Bridge Road and Battersea Police Station, in Battersea Bridge Road, will no longer be open to the public from September.

However, following a campaign in the Wandsworth Guardian, Tooting Police Station has been secured as a police contact point.

Lavender Hill Police Station, in Lavender Hill, Battersea, is becoming a 24 hour station, while Wandsworth Police Station will be open to the public during working hours.

A neighbourhood inspector will be employed to direct officers where they are needed and will be held accountable by the community.

Borough Commander Chief Superintendent David Chinchen said: "We have listened to the public and understand people just want to know police are close by.

"So we are changing the way we do things to make neighbourhood policing our priority.

"We will now have locations in Wandsworth for the public to access police, in more convenient locations and at differing times.

"We are telling our community exactly where their police will be and when, making it clearer what the best way to access police is depending on what their need is."

Sadiq Khan MP for Tooting said: "Thanks to a hard fought campaign with local residents and the Wandsworth Guardian I am glad that Tooting Police Station will remain open to the public three times a week.

"The plan to close the station to the public full stop was ill-thought out and irresponsible and I’m relieved Boris Johnson listened to our concerns."

The contact points will be open from Monday.