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‘Humbled’ new PCC in pledge to his county

blackmorevaleJune 3, 20210 Comment0

Newly elected Police and Crime Commissioner David Sidwick for Dorset says he is ‘humbled and grateful’ to be elected by the people of Dorset.

He said: “I’ve lived in this county all my life, my children were brought up here and my family goes back generations. It is therefore a great honour to represent all of you – and that of course includes those who voted for me in the recent PCC elections, as well as those who voted for one of the other candidates and those who didn’t cast a vote at all.”

“It’s also an honour for me to work with Dorset Police, which I know is a great organisation full of dedicated, hard-working people.”

Mr Sidwick will be working on a new Police and Crime Plan for Dorset, to set out how to be the safest county in the country by cutting crime and putting victims first.

He said: “It will have a major impact on how we make our communities safer, so later in the summer I will be asking the people of Dorset about what matters to you and what you think should be included in the plan.”

“Number one on my list is for the police to robustly focus on cutting crime, from the violent crime – which is thankfully rarer here than in our big cities – to the constant grind of anti- social behaviour which blights communities and makes people’s lives miserable. I want people to see a clear difference and to feel safer.”

“I want to significantly increase the rural crime team and their capabilities, and I want to develop specific strategies to tackle problems affecting our rural communities such as burglary, anti-social behaviour and farm theft.”

“But above all, we’ll put victims and communities at the heart of everything we do, because it is for these people that we need to bring about change. We need to support all our victims, particularly older and more vulnerable people, but we also need to help build up strong and resourceful communities.”