Alison Hernandez, the Police and Crime Commissioner, has launched a survey into her second Police and Crime Plan. The Commissioner has chosen to retain the key thread of her first Plan, published in 2016, to help create safe, resilient and connected communities. The Plan aims to:

• Keep communities safe by breaking the cycle of crime through prevention and innovation, focussing on community priorities such as of drugs, ASB, road safety and violence, maximise visible policing, prevent business crime and reduce opportunities for people to reoffend;
• Make communities more resilient by increasing public participation in policing, making the police and criminal justice services more sustainable, helping young people to reduce the chances of falling victim to crime, influencing Government on local issues and investing in crime prevention to strengthen rural communities;
• Better connecting the police and public by increasing access points to contact police, developing easy-to-use digital services, building trust and supporting people with diverse needs, collaborating to tackle crime in partnership and improving public confidence through world class local policing.

The survey is open until 1 September 2021 and can be found here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/D8GYKKF