Start Date:
10th July 2019
End Date:
15th August 2019
Start Time:
00.01
End Time:
23.59
John Campion, Police and Crime Commissioner is proposing a “relentless” new approach to tackling serious and organised crime in West Mercia.
The Police and Crime Commissioner’s new proposals include:
- Measures to better protect the most vulnerable people in our communities
- Ensuring ‘relentless disruption’ and tough, targeted enforcement action against the criminals who seek to harm our communities
- Ensuring criminals are stripped of illegal assets and money, and then reinvesting it into our communities
- improved partnership working and information sharing to create a ‘borderless’ approach, and tackle the root causes of serious and organised crime.
John Campion said: “The impact of crimes such as child sexual abuse, county lines drug trades, modern slavery and human trafficking can be devastating. They can destroy individuals and damage entire communities.”
“We need to better support victims. We need local and national partners to work together more. We need to empower our communities to work closer with the police. Most of all perhaps, we need to be very clear that our police will be relentless in disrupting this offending, and bringing criminals to justice.”
“West Mercia remains a comparatively safe place, but we are not immune to serious and organised crime. This plan outlines how I will play my part and work with others to ensure our communities are safer and feel safer”.
The Commissioner’s strategy is out for consultation until 15th August. Partners and local communities are invited to read it in full and send feedback via Consultation responses can be sent via this link, or alternatively can be emailed to opcc@westmercia.pnn.police.uk, or via mail to OPCC, West Mercia Police, Hindlip, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR3 8SP.
Click on this PDF to download and read the consultation: PCC-SOC-Strategy-FINAL-FOR-CONSULTATION