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Loader placates critics of plans to reduce crime

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Police and crime commissioner Sir Clive Loader has overcome political opposition to his plans.

Sir Clive's vision for policing had been criticised from members of the police and crime panel – the committee of councillors which scrutinises his office.

Members of the panel, including fellow Conservatives, last month called on Sir Clive to rewrite passages of the 50-plus page document to include more detail of how he intended to meet his targets for crime reduction.

Sir Clive, who was elected to the post in November, yesterday presented a new version of the plan to the panel, which voted to support its publication.

In it, the retired RAF Air Chief Marshal said he wanted Chief Constable Simon Cole and his officers to continue to drive down offences such as burglary, vehicle crime, robbery, sexual assault, domestic abuse and alcohol-related violence.

He also set out his vision for dealing with alcohol and drug addiction and addressed the cost to the force of missing person inquiries, particularly cases of people who repeatedly left local authority care or mental health units.

Sir Clive said he was "delighted" to have won the panel around.

He said he was now looking forward to the delivery stage and, as part of this, was increasing his contact and engagement with all elements of the community.

Conservative county councillor Joe Orson, chairman of the panel, said: "The panel was pleased to see that Sir Clive had listened to the responses from the consultation and enabled people, including the panel, to have an input into the final version.

"We were pleased to accept and support it, unanimously."

Earlier this year, the Mercury reported how a dispute had broken out between Sir Clive and members of the panel over how a £1.6 million Government crime-fighting fund should be spent.

The money used to be paid directly to the county council but now goes to Sir Clive, who is responsible for spending it.

Sir Clive has told the council that he will give it half the cash to cover the six months from April but not, for now, the full year's grant.

He has told the authority he wants to see evidence the cash is being spent wisely and the projects it funds are delivering results.

The council said Sir Clive's decisions had been taken without sufficient consultation and had led to uncertainty about the future of some of those services and projects, as well as a number of jobs.

The panel had expressed concern about the move but voted to approve the plan despite Sir Clive sticking to his original decision.

The plan is available on the police and crime commissioner's website below.

Members of the public can contact him and his team via the website, by calling 0116 229 8980 or by e-mail at:

police.commissioner@ leicester shire.pnn.police.uk www.leics.pcc.police.uk

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