Labour is delivering record funding for Devon and Cornwall Police, totalling £457 million.
Alongside this boost in funding, the government has introduced the flagship Crime and Policing Bill which includes the biggest set of measures in decades to tackle anti-social behaviour, theft and shoplifting.
We will introduce stronger police powers and Respect Orders to tackle the worst ASB offenders, as well as clamping down on nuisance off-road bikes being used antisocially with new powers to seize and destroy.
Police will be given stronger powers to tackle mobile phone thefts – no longer needing a warrant to search premises where stolen items have been electronically located.
We will protect our high streets by ending the effective immunity for anyone caught shoplifting goods below £200 and introducing a new criminal offence to better protect retail workers from assault.
Too often the Conservatives wrote off these crimes as ‘low level’ and left communities to deal with the consequences alone. Labour will deliver safe streets.