FIGHTING CRIME, PREVENTING CRIME

AND IMPROVING LIVES

MY ROLE AS YOUR POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER

As your Police and Crime Commissioner, I’m here to give you a voice on police and crime matters. My job is to oversee our police force and to make sure everyone feels safe in our region.

As well as holding the police to account on your behalf I also lead a Violence Reduction Unit which works hard to stop young people turning to crime.

And I oversee victims services to ensure people are supported through the criminal justice system, a job which is especially important if we are to help reduce violence against women and girls in our region.

A PLAN FOR NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR

I am proud to call the North East home, and I work hard to ensure everyone in our region has the best chance to succeed in life.

For me, the belief that underpins my work is if we fight poverty we fight crime. I’m investing in youth services to give young people access to opportunity, I’m working with grassroot community organisations to help people stand up to the pressures of Tory austerity and I’m taking money earned by criminal gangs and handing it back to neighbourhood groups looking to stand up to crime.

I’ll work with others to ensure Northumberland, Tyne and Wear is a great place to live, work and visit. As part of that I’m investing in transport safety schemes to keep our public transport safe and making parks safer for families to use.