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| Fear of crime is of considerable concern to many of us in Suffolk today. A poll published by MORI, based on interviews with over 3,529 residents in Suffolk, asked residents about crimes they fear might happen to them personally in their local area. They identified having their home broken into and/or burgled as their greatest concern. Other crimes that figured high up were theft from their motor car, damage to their property and being victims of anti-social behaviour. The Government is failing to tackle the types of crime that we appear to fear most. |
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| We need to see more police back on the streets of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket and in the surrounding villages. We need to rid the streets of loutishness and drunken hooliganism. The menace of drug dealing must be tackled. Effective measures to crack down on noise and nuisance, powers to shut down problem pubs and clubs and legal rights to disperse groups of troublemakers are all necessary. So a reliable and strong system of neighbourhood policing is vital if we are to reclaim our streets for the honest, law abiding Suffolk citizen. |
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| The radical policy of the Conservative Opposition is, therefore, for:- |
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| • 40,000 more police on Britain’s streets – a 30 per cent increase – enough police to bring real neighbourhood policing to Britain |
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| • 20,000 more drug rehabilitation places for young people – a 1000 per cent increase – a place in drug rehabilitation for every young hard drug addict in the country. |
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| Putting significantly more police on the beat has worked in America and it can work in Suffolk. In New York, with many more police visibly on the beat, neighbourhood policing has led to crime falling by 60 per cent since these measures were introduced. New York is now noticeably a safer and more pleasant city to live in than London. |
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