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STRENGTHENED NEIGHBOURHOOD
POLICING TO TACKLE LOCAL CRIME LIKE
BURGLARY, VEHICLE CRIME, SHOPLIFTING
AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Neighbourhood policing is the bedrock of e昀昀ective policing: tackling and preventing
crime, building con昀椀dence and trust and helping to provide community leadership.
Strengthening neighbourhood policing is central to my vision for safer streets and
stronger communities.
Throughout my ten years as a local councillor,
I saw 昀椀rsthand the e昀昀ective work of a well-resourced
neighbourhood policing team. Frontline police
o昀케cers and PCSOs working proactively to tackle
and prevent crime, working with partners to make
the community safer and in many ways taking on
a wider community leadership role beyond the
traditional con昀椀nes of what many of us might
think of as traditional policing. This is my vision for
neighbourhood policing: proactive, visible and at the
heart of the community.
That is the model of neighbourhood policing I will ask
the Chief Constable to deliver for every community in
Leicestershire and Rutland. There will be dedicated
town/city/village centre patrols and a new anti-social
behaviour lead for every neighbourhood.
In my view, there is no such thing as a ‘low level crime’.
I stand for the election to this role with a fundamental
and straightforward conviction: everyone - all of us has a right to be safe and feel safe. A right to be safe
and feel safe in our own home, in our workplace, in
our local community. Strong, visible and e昀昀ective
neighbourhood policing is the 昀椀rst pillar of how we
protect and uphold that right.
I want our neighbourhood police teams to be
accessible and visible - that familiar and reassuring
presence in our local communities. This is a fair
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expectation and one that must be delivered on.
People want to know the police will respond when
they report a crime.
For some people in our communities, there is
a negative perception of the police. That is not
something we can ignore. That lack of con昀椀dence
and trust weakens and compromises community
safety and e昀昀ective policing. Working with the
Chief Constable and o昀케cer leadership, I will
deliver leadership in this area that is grounded in
listening, empathetic and serious: serious about
understanding why some people have a negative
perception of the police and working through what
we can do to heal that. This won’t be easy, it is a
complex challenge the Police & Crime Commissioner
must confront and take on.
There will be data-driven hotspot policing to tackle
local crime and deliver the responsiveness the public
expect. This approach is integral to modern policing
and preventing crime.
I will work with specialist organisations supporting
victims and witnesses, and with victims of crime
and witnesses themselves, to shape improved
services and support. Too many victims of crime
feel frustrated and abandoned. I will seek to work
with the Victims’ Commissioner at a national level to
strengthen support for victims.
SAFER STREETS & STRONGER COMMUNITIES