North Dorset resident Liz Webster is standing for the role of Police and Crime Commissioner in the elections on May 6 to give a voice to the victim by preventing crime, protecting residents and engaging with communities.

Liz knows only too well the horrors victims face in the aftermath of a crime after her son Henry was repeatedly punched, kicked and hit with the sharp end of a claw hammer in an assault by a gang on the tennis courts at Ridgeway School in Wroughton in 2007.

Liz said: “Fighting for his life in hospital I begged and hoped for my son’s survival but I couldn’t help but wonder why such an event was ever allowed to unfold in the first place. Who had failed? Was it the school, police or the politicians? Finally, after three and half years, my persistence led to an independent inquiry publishing the many systemic failures so that lessons could finally be learnt.”

“Thankfully, Henry survived and he has been able to move on, however I continue to worry that this could happen to someone else’s child. This is why I am standing for Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner, to use the knowledge I gained during my family’s struggle to improve the system for better policing and crime prevention. I know all too well the horrors victims face in the aftermath of a crime and I am committed to giving them a voice. Those troubled times are exasperated by the outdated court system, which protects perpetrators, and leaves the victims behind.”

Liz has spent more than a decade as part of the justice system as a victim, and as a campaigner to bring about positive change.
Liz’s plan for
Prevention, Protection and Engagement includes:

• Roll out cost effective Community Speed Watch technology to tackle speeding on our roads to support our community teams. This approach will also deter anti-social behaviour and burglaries.
• Work with charities to protect victims of domestic abuse and rehabilitate offenders.
• Implement an Elderly and Vulnerable Protection Plan to improve E-literacy and provide protection against burglary.
• Improve community cohesion with immediate appointment of a dedicated Traveller Liaison Officer.
• Encourage the police to identify pet theft specifically so that the crimes are followed up and criminals caught.
• Develop a Youth Crime Prevention and Support Plan to intervene early, co- ordinating anti-drug sessions, introducing cyber champions to improve resilience against pressures of online abuse and misinformation and finally to introduce social intervention in schools to prevent bullying and its progression to violent hate crime.

You can contact Liz
via lizwebster.org.uk or office@wiltshirelibdems.org.uk.

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