Norfolk's PCC Sarah Taylor launches her Police and Crime Plan Consultation

Have Your Say: Norfolk’s PCC Wants to Hear What Matters Most to You on Policing and Crime! click here

Norfolk’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has launched her Police and Crime Plan, asking Norfolk residents to tell her what matters most to them about policing and crime in their area.

Sarah Taylor was elected in May as the first Labour PCC in the county, and one of her main responsibilities is to deliver a Police and Crime Plan setting out what her priorities will be for Norfolk Constabulary from 2025 to 2029.

Since her appointment, Sarah has been busy visiting local communities, businesses, health professionals, commissioned services, charities, and other partners and stakeholders, to find out what the issues are for them at a local level. Now she needs to hear from the wider community.

Sarah’s proposed policing priorities for the county are:

• Focus on prevention of crime
• Restoring trust and confidence in policing across Norfolk
• Improving road safety
• Tackling extremism and community tensions
• Making Norfolk streets safer
• Effective Criminal Justice System
• Support for victims
• Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
• Improving responses to rural crime
• Organised crime and criminal exploitation

The Norfolk PCC’s office is unique in that it is also responsible for managing the county’s Community Safety Partnership. This partnership reduces crime and disorder in Norfolk by working with other organisations like Norfolk County Council and local councils, Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, the Integrated Care Board and the Probation Service. To make sure that the Partnership’s work continues to reflect local needs, it also needs to consult the public regularly. It has been agreed to combine the collection of information required by both the PCC and the Norfolk Community Safety Partnership, so the new consultation includes questions relevant to both.

The consultation runs from Monday 2^nd September until 5pm, 1^st November 2024. There is only two week’s left before the window closes for you to have ‘Your Say’.

PCC Sarah Taylor explained; “This is your chance to have your say and to make your voice heard about what matters most to you. I’m keen to hear from as many people across Norfolk as possible, so please do take the opportunity to share what you believe should be the priorities for our county and for our police service.

“I would also like you to tell me if there is anything missing from the list of priorities that you would like to include. The survey is deliberately short so please make use of the comments space too to share more details or your thoughts on what should be the top priority. The new Police and Crime Plan for Norfolk will go live in April next year and I’ll keep you posted on progress.”

Until the new Police and Crime Plan for Norfolk is implemented in April 2025, the Police, Crime and Community Safety Plan for Norfolk 2022-2024, and associated priorities, set by former PCC Giles Orpen-Smellie will remain in place.

You can take part in the consultation by visiting the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s website: https://www.norfolk-pcc.gov.uk/police-and-crime-plan/police-and-crime-plan-202529-consultation/