Lancashire police and crime update 19 May 2025

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw with an update on the one-year anniversary of his election

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00:00Hi, Brunshaw Police and Crown Commissioner for Lancashire. 12 months now since being re-elected,

00:07absolute privilege to be back in the role. When I was first Police and Crown Commissioner

00:15it was a difficult challenge, a challenge that was where we was inhibited by

00:20austerity, the cuts to policing and not really able to deliver the service in the wayward we would

00:31like. Now, of course, it's a different world. We are putting more resources back in. The last 12 months

00:41I've also had a Labour government to work with. We are working on delivering the priorities of the

00:49government, but also a highlight this year has been producing the new Police and Crime Plan.

00:58The plan for the next five years, which is about tackling violence against women and girls,

01:07preventing antisocial behaviour, being tough on serious crime and importantly, rebuilding trust

01:17and confidence in policing from the community. It isn't easy. We haven't got enough resources,

01:27but we are far better now than we have been, you know, for the last few years.

01:33Again, you know, the focus is on neighbourhood and delighted to have secured 1.7 million to put in

01:43an additional 100 plus officers back into that neighbourhood policing team. And that is where you

01:51really do make a difference building the trust and confidence and delivering the services and delivering

01:58these priorities. We've made real progress, but clearly there's so much more to do. And I think

02:09together, if we pull together, support each other in Lancashire, we can absolutely make sure

02:17ensure that we can deliver safety, security through strength.