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Overall crime as measured by
Overall crime as measured by the authoritative British Crime Survey
is down 30 per cent – the equivalent of almost five million fewer crimes
a year. Record numbers of police – almost 13,000 more than in 1997
– working with 4,600 new Community Support Officers (CSOs),
local councils, and the Crown Prosecution Service deserve the credit.
But local people want a more visible police presence and a role in
setting local police priorities. So our pledge is a neighbourhood policing
team for every community.We will carry on funding the police
service to enable it to continue to employ historically high numbers of
police officers.