RECORD NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS Bedfordshire Police now has its highest ever number of officers at 1,455.
DEDICATED COMMUNITY POLICE
Largest budgeted team of Community Officers since 2010, with 87 PCs and 51 PCSOs.
OUTSTANDING OFFENDER MANAGEMENT
First force rated outstanding for managing prolific offenders.
HIGHEST AMOUNT OF DRUGS SEIZED
£4.3m of illegal drugs seized in 2023. Over 400 years combined prison sentences.
OVERALL, CRIME IS GOING DOWN
Reductions in residential burglaries, serious violence, and knife crime. Crime solve rate is also improving.
A RECORD OF DELIVERY AS PCC SINCE MAY 2021
... AND IF RE-ELECTED, I WILL:
NEIGHBOURHOOOD CRIME
Prioritise a no-nonsense approach to tackling neighbourhood crimes in our rural, urban, and market town areas.
TECHNOLOGY
Invest in cutting-edge technologies to measure and improve public confidence in policing.
SOLVE MORE CRIMES
Invest to increase crime investigation capabilities of Bedfordshire Police to solve more crimes.
STAFF RETENTION
Continue to prioritise Bedfordshire Police's officer retention rates, so that we increase the level of experienced officers in service.
SAFER ROADS, SAFER STREETS
Work to bring back a Roads Policing base in Bedfordshire, and work with partner agencies to cut road deaths and injuries.
ORGANISED CRIME
Continue working to clampdown on the criminal gangs operating in Bedfordshire, while protecting our young and most vulnerable residents.
FOR BEDFORDSHIRE
POLICE & CRIME
COMMISSIONER
Promoted by Marc Frost, on behalf of Festus Akinbusoye, both NBCA, St Andrew’s St, Biggleswade SG18 8BA
FESTUS AKINBUSOYE