New approach to vehicle security needed

The local party blog entry about the vehicle theft epidemic refers.

The Liberal Democrat analysis of outcomes recorded for theft of a motor vehicle and bicycle theft offences, by police force for each of the last 5 years (2017-2021), is available here.

 

The Liberal Democrats are urging a return to community policing, with a three-point plan to crack down on crime and anti-social behaviour and reverse years of Conservative neglect:

 

• Restore proper community policing, where officers are more visible, trusted and known personally to local people.

• Reverse Conservative cuts to youth services by investing an extra £500 million a year via a ring-fenced fund to Local Authorities

• Scrap Police and Crime Commissioners and use the £50 million savings to invest in frontline policing and solving crimes.

To all of which Welsh Liberal Democrats would add that we could surely do better here if policing were devolved