Newly elected Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, has unveiled her multi-year plan to strengthen policing across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight – including committing to an extra 600 officers across the region and more High Street police stations.
In ‘More police, safer streets’ the Commissioner commits to recruiting an extra 600 officers, to improving police visibility and to working harder to combat anti-social behaviour.
It also includes measures on rural crime, on unauthorised encampments and on making better use of technology.
From more High Street police stations to expanding the use of drones in the countryside and making more efforts to keep young people away from crime, the plan will set the direction of law enforcement until 2024. It and its associated implementation plan are central to driving democratic accountability over the police, as well as the courts and the justice system.
Once the plan is finalised, The Constabulary and its Chief Constable, Olivia Pinkney, will need to support its implementation, so it is important that the priorities in it are the right ones. Now the Commissioner is launching a public consultation, to ensure the plan truly reflects the wishes of taxpayers across the area.
Commissioner Jones said:
“’More police, safer streets’ is my draft plan to deliver for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. It does what it says on the tin and will mean a stronger and more visible police presence able to investigate more crimes and secure more convictions. There is also important work to be done on improving working with the court system. As part of a balanced approach, I propose more provision to help keep young adults away from crime and for working with partners to help drug users who want to break their addiction.”
“Last summer, I ran a big survey and received thousands of replies. That told me a lot about what people wanted to see from policing and helped me write my draft plan. I now need your help to ensure that this plan is the right one for our area.”
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The document is now out to public consultation on the website morepolicesaferstreets.com, with the public having until 1 October 2021 to express their views. Donna will be hosting a series of online and physical consultation events across the area, details of which are being finalised.
The key priorities identified in the plan are:
- 600 more police officers by 2023
- Improve police visibility – bringing policing to your community
- Tackle anti-social behaviour
- Zero tolerance approach to knife crime
- Prevent youth offending
- More customer focused police calling handling
- Crackdown on unauthorised encampments
- Improve outcomes for victims including female victims of violence
- A voice for rural communities
How are we going to manage more Police Stations? Buy back and re-open all those which have been closed down.
About time! Let’s hope the police crack down on the many dangerous drivers here too!
I couldn’t agree with you more our roads are used like racing tracks due mainly to not having any speed cameras
Yeah but tackling speeding isn’t even mentioned as a priority. The last I heard they were asking for local volunteers to do something. No cameras, no deterrents, absolute disgrace.
POINTLESS, unless the courts back them up with jail sentences, which they can’t do, and the crims know it, as our jails are now filled with the ‘world’s’ finest, leaving no room to jail anything now but the most dangerous and vile.
SEE the real problem in the UK, it stands out a mile.
For the benefit of the less prejudiced, kindly explain.
I think what he is trying to say (without getting deleated) is about overpopulation, globalization and immigration. Fair point if you ask me.
Yes, see how the social reformer types have already made freedom of speech a thing of the past. No one dare say anything much and it’s all just happened over time until we now know we have to be very very careful what we say in case it upsets the right on brigade. Look how many comments get deleted here now, less than a year ago it wasn’t happening, now it’s constant.
Yep,you can’t say nothing and you are not allowed to have an opinion, can’t offend the wokes,this used to be a free country once upon a time.
Strange how they still risk life and limb to come here IF they are unhappy, they could always remain in the Mother land, they ‘may’ be happier and we certainly would be.
A win win for all?
As long as they tackle crime, rather than like during Lockdown when they were more concerned about people sitting on benches drinking coffee
Everyone else knew that closing (and selling off) Police Stations was stupid. Else, that is, from the politicians.
Not so many years ago, many villages had a Police house. Perhaps IF the Police were forced to live in the estates where the worst crime is, then something WOULD be done about it.
Like Politicians, those who live miles away from what they knowingly and carelessly inflict upon others, could then could not care less about ‘others’ plights. So for the Police and politicians to live amongst those they ‘tell us’ are so wonderful, would be an enlightening experience and maybe a game changer from what we now are forced to endure.
Crime is catching up with the mainland, but only willfully when those who can never be blamed arrive.