My team and I went to Lockington to deliver my leaflet about improving rural policing. We learned about a recent livestock theft.
A place like Lockington needs to see a wider strategy to deal with Rural Crime. I want to see more police in our rural areas. I want to see high visibility policing in our rural areas. And I want our police to communicate frequently with the law abiding public. I think we should have:
- A Rural Crime Co-Ordinator who will bring together all the agencies who can help prevent crime in rural areas, and tackle it when it does happen;
- Rural Crime Packs available to residents and business to help them protect themselves and ease the fear of crime;
- A Rural Crimestoppers system to provide a quick, confidential channel that people can use to pass on information about crime and criminals.
- An online Rural Crime Hub a one stop shop for farmers and other rural businesses giving advice on crime prevention, how to report crime, who to call and two-way communication with police;
- Regular public meetings with the Police and Crime Commissioner and police officers;
- Effective support for Rural Neighbourhood Watch Schemes;
- A wide-ranging and properly supported Volunteers on Horseback scheme;
- Support for new legislation to make trespass a criminal offence.
Those are my ideas on what we can do to tackle crime in rural areas, but I'm always looking for the views of people who live in our countryside.
Overall, I want to see the police more active and more visible in our communities to follow a proactive strategy of community cohesion policing. As Sir Robert Peel said when he established the modern police forces "The public are the police and the police are the public". Read more about the Peelian Principles of Policing HERE.
You can have your say on improving policing in our area by taking my survey on local crime HERE.
Learn more about my campaign in your area by using my interactive map of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland HERE.
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