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Police and Justice Bill

That perception is utterly wrong. When a major issue such as a tragic murder arises in a small police force area such as that of West Mercia police, the only way to deal with the matter effectively is to move people from the neighbourhood level. The development of strategic policing is central to the proposal. The development of neighbourhood-level policing is at the centre of every change made in the Bill and in the reorganisation of police forces that was mentioned in the previous two interventions. What really matters to people is how crime and disorder are tackled in their own neighbourhoods. Issues as basic as abandoned cars, discarded syringes, truanting children drinking in local open spaces, graffiti and antisocial behaviour are absolutely central and put at the top of the agenda the method of policing that is at the core of the Bill.