Conservative plan to reduce crime
Conservatives outline their plans to reduce crime
The Conservatives have put forward their solutions aimed at decreasing the levels of crime. A document released by the Conservative Policy department outlines 8 points which will be implemented by a future Conservative government, with the aim of reducing the numbers of recorded crime. Their proposals are:
* To recruit 40,000 extra police officers at a rate of 5,000 a year, until there are approximately 170,000 police officers on the streets of Britain.
* To remove the power of the Home Secretary to interfere in local policing.
* To transfer all political power over local policing, currently exercised by the Home Office, to new and directly elected police boards. They would be responsible for drawing up local policing plans and setting priorities, as well as allocating the police grant for the police force.
The Conservatives would expand the range of drug rehabilitation places from 2,000 to 20,000 so that there are enough for every young hard drug-user. Other pledges are:
* To reverse reclassification of cannabis from a Class B to a Class C drug, and engage in a war on drugs with the aim of creating a drug-free society.
* To introduce longer and more constructive sentences designed to secure the reform of the offenders’ characters.
They will also establish programmes which would help parents with troublesome children to be better parents. Finally, they would reform the Crown Prosecution Service and remove the existing incentives to pursue cases against the essentially honest citizen.
Stella Kyriazis, Telford’s Conservative would-be MP welcome the plans. She said: “Our intention of recruiting more police officers translates to around 60 extra officers for the streets of Telford. Places like Woodside, Madeley, Oakengates and Dawley would get, on average, four extra police officers each, to patrol the streets on a 24 hour basis. Remember that we are talking about trained police officers and not Community Support Officers who have limited powers. This will be a strong message to criminals that we will not tolerate high levels of crime in our society”.
The Conservatives have put forward their solutions aimed at decreasing the levels of crime. A document released by the Conservative Policy department outlines 8 points which will be implemented by a future Conservative government, with the aim of reducing the numbers of recorded crime. Their proposals are:
* To recruit 40,000 extra police officers at a rate of 5,000 a year, until there are approximately 170,000 police officers on the streets of Britain.
* To remove the power of the Home Secretary to interfere in local policing.
* To transfer all political power over local policing, currently exercised by the Home Office, to new and directly elected police boards. They would be responsible for drawing up local policing plans and setting priorities, as well as allocating the police grant for the police force.
The Conservatives would expand the range of drug rehabilitation places from 2,000 to 20,000 so that there are enough for every young hard drug-user. Other pledges are:
* To reverse reclassification of cannabis from a Class B to a Class C drug, and engage in a war on drugs with the aim of creating a drug-free society.
* To introduce longer and more constructive sentences designed to secure the reform of the offenders’ characters.
They will also establish programmes which would help parents with troublesome children to be better parents. Finally, they would reform the Crown Prosecution Service and remove the existing incentives to pursue cases against the essentially honest citizen.
Stella Kyriazis, Telford’s Conservative would-be MP welcome the plans. She said: “Our intention of recruiting more police officers translates to around 60 extra officers for the streets of Telford. Places like Woodside, Madeley, Oakengates and Dawley would get, on average, four extra police officers each, to patrol the streets on a 24 hour basis. Remember that we are talking about trained police officers and not Community Support Officers who have limited powers. This will be a strong message to criminals that we will not tolerate high levels of crime in our society”.
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