Protecting vulnerable people must remain a key priority, requiring coordinated, multi-agency efforts to address complex and interconnected issues. Whether tackling violence against women and girls, hate crime or preventing the exploitation of children, young people and vulnerable adults, safeguarding must aim to create lasting change and ensure safety for all.
Violence and abuse in any form are unacceptable. Tackling these issues demands a focus on prevention, early intervention, and strong victim support. Serious violence and exploitation are best addressed through collaboration, combining resources to break cycles of harm, hold offenders accountable, and deliver meaningful change. A shared approach ensures those at risk are identified early and resources are directed where they are most needed.
Safeguarding also means addressing root causes of criminal behaviour, such as housing instability, unemployment, gambling addiction and substance misuse, alongside supporting rehabilitation to reduce reoffending.
Reducing harm from road collisions is another critical priority. Road safety improvements require enforcement, education, and infrastructure changes to create safer environments for all users. Progress depends on collaboration, innovation, and community involvement to ensure safer roads and better quality of life.
Local Priorities
Reduce Violent Crime
Addressing violent crime and improving the safety of our public spaces.
Tackle Abuse and Exploitation
Identifying and protecting vulnerable individuals at risk of abuse and exploitation through a coordinated, multi-agency response.
Reduce Reoffending
Addressing the underlying causes of crime to reduce reoffending rates, supporting the rehabilitation of offenders to rebuild their lives.
Reduce Road Casualties
Reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads by half by 2030, through proactive policing, partnership working, education and advocacy.
To achieve this, I will:
- Support the county-wide strategies for Serious Violence Prevention and Violence Against Women and Girls to ensure a coordinated approach to tackling violence and abuse.
- Continue to contribute to the Warwickshire Hate Crime Partnership in delivering its strategy, ensuring effective help for communities and vulnerable individuals affected by this harmful and divisive crime.
- Build on the successes of the Safer Streets programme by working with partners to improve public safety and reduce violent crime.
- Advocate for and fund services supporting victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, helping them rebuild their lives and access justice.
- Work with partners on initiatives to change perpetrator behaviour, breaking cycles of abuse and reducing reoffending.
- Seek to reduce the role substance misuse plays in driving some types of crime, through chairing the county Drug and Alcohol Strategic Partnership to deliver co-ordinated action across a range of local partners responsible for enforcement, treatment, recovery and prevention.
- Support schemes to enable offenders to contribute positively to communities and aid rehabilitation.
- Lead the Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership to deliver the strategy to halve road deaths and serious injuries by 2030.
- Advocate for national road safety measures, including graduated driver licensing and a National Road Safety Strategy.
- Promote education and community engagement programmes to raise awareness of safe road use and the consequences of reckless behaviour.
I will hold the Chief Constable to account for:
- Tackling inter-personal abuse, knife crime, serious violence, and related crimes through robust investigation and preventative measures.
- Maintaining a visible policing presence in public spaces to deter violent crime and build community confidence.
- Using data and analytics to identify high-risk areas, enabling targeted enforcement and safety interventions.
- Ensuring specialist teams are effectively deployed to address complex investigations, including domestic abuse, sexual offences, and child exploitation.
- Prioritising early intervention for vulnerable families through collaboration with local authorities, health services and social care providers under initiatives like the Families First programme.
- Ensuring victims of abuse and exploitation receive appropriate support and safeguarding measures throughout investigations.
- Undertaking proactive roads policing to enforce traffic laws and deter dangerous and anti-social driving and riding behaviours.
- Increasing the visible policing presence on key road networks to enhance public confidence and deter dangerous and anti-social driving and riding behaviours.
