Thames Valley Police Funding 2022/23

0:00 I’m Matthew Marber and a key part of my

0:02 role as your Police and Crime

0:04 Commissioner is working with the Chief

0:05 Constable to set the budget for Thames

0:07 Valley Police.

0:08 The plans I’ve signed off for this year

0:10 will see an increase of nearly £27m

0:12 to support policing

0:14 across our communities. Thanks to an

0:16 increase in Home Office funding of more

0:18 than £15mm and a rise in Council

0:20 Tax below the rate of inflation of just

0:22 83p a month for a band D household,

0:25 I’ll be able to invest in new

0:26 initiatives to cut crime.

0:28 These plans don’t just strengthen the

0:30 capabilities for the coming year, but lay

0:32 the foundations for investment for the

0:34 medium term

0:35 to ensure that as police officer numbers

0:37 continue to increase, the force is

0:39 equipped to focus on the crimes matter

0:41 most to the public and deliver justice

0:43 for victims.

0:44 The plans I’ve set out will enable the

0:46 development of a specialist rape and

0:48 sexual offences team,

0:50 improvements in forensics to speed up

0:52 investigations, and a dedicated team to

0:55 fast-track cases and reduce delays for

0:57 victims.

0:58 I’ll be able to continue recruiting more

1:00 police officers beyond the nationally

1:02 funded uplift programme,

1:04 and we’ll be able to continue the work

1:06 of the Rural Crime Taskforce to see the

1:08 launch of a drugs task force.

1:10 I’m delighted to have received

1:11 cross-party support for my budget plans

1:14 and attention now turns to working

1:16 closely with the Chief Constable to put

1:18 these plans into place, to reduce crime

1:21 and shift the focus to crime prevention

1:23 in order to make all of our communities

1:24 safer.