Vision
Communities across Warwickshire feel safe and supported, with crime investigated effectively, better outcomes achieved and re-offending reduced, leading to increased confidence in the criminal justice system.
To achieve this, my priorities are to:
1. Fight crime and reduce re-offending
Shared outcome:
Co-ordinated action disrupts and deters the most serious and harmful crimes and those which cause most concern to communities, with offenders brought to justice and less likely to reoffend.
Areas of focus:
Violent crime
County Lines and knife crime
Organised crime
Drugs, exploitation, fraud and cyber crime
Re-offending
Substance misuse, managing offenders
2. Deliver visible and effective policing
Shared outcome:
A visible police presence with strong welfare support deals effectively with local issues through innovative use of resources, delivering value for money for the taxpayer.
Areas of focus:
Extra officers
Including staff welfare and tackling officer assaults
Neighbourhood policing
Rural crime, burglary, vehicle crime and theft
Transforming the force
Better IT, buildings and fleet, including for the environment
3. Keep people safe and reduce harm
Shared outcome:
Women and girls are protected from violence, vulnerable people are safeguarded and there is a sustained reduction in the numbers of people killed and seriously injured on our roads.
Areas of focus:
Violence against women and girls
Including domestic abuse, sexual violence, stalking
Vulnerability
Mental health, hate crime and homelessness
Road safety
Reducing death and injury
4. Strengthen communities
Shared outcome:
Communities are empowered to shape how policing and community services are developed and delivered, with strengthened partnership working building public confidence and resilience to crime.
Areas of focus:
Involving communities
Listening to people and using volunteers
Crime prevention
Supporting communities to deter criminal activity
Partnership working
Community safety and collaboration
5. Deliver better justice for all
Shared outcome:
Victims and witnesses have a better experience from the point of reporting crime to receiving an outcome, with clear pathways to tailored support services and improved confidence in the process.
Areas of focus:
Victims and witnesses
Victim and witness rights and securing specialist support
Improved Communication
Across policing and the criminal justice system
Justice outcomes
Better investigations and timelier results
Delivering value for money for the taxpayer through a good and balanced budget and efficient and effective services.
