The Tories are putting We’re backing Vera RE-ELECT our community at risk... Mr Hari Shukla CBE Newcastle VERA BAIRD QC

“Vera Baird stands up for all communities, she is a strong voice not just here in our region, but nationally. I’m backing Vera as & CRIME COMMISSIONER she listens to what our communities need and she delivers.” Clare Cruddas Gateshead

“It’s important that the police understand the communities that they serve. Under Vera’s leadership she has ensured that police officers receive training to deliver the best policing to all residents, regardless of their gender, race, age or sexual orientation.” Adam Ellison

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“Vera Baird cares about Northumbria, it’s 861 Police Officers great that she has the contacts to influence and 940 police staff government policy – she had led a number of successful campaigns, one of the most cut since 2010 in important being convincing the government Northumbria. to introduce legislation to ban legal highs.” Sandra Dickinson PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY “I am supporting Vera because as a mother and Ensuring that your community has effective policing has been my main priority. granny, I am passionate about communities in ❝ Since you elected me as your Police & Crime Commissioner in 2012, I have £108m listened and delivered. Northumberland being safe. Vera’s priorities cut from are right. I trust Vera as she delivers for Despite the massive police funding cuts, I have worked with the force and a range of Northumbria Police’s families.” great local partners from councils, business and the voluntary sector to make sure that budget since 2010. the public doesn’t suffer and Northumbria continues to remain one of the safest places John Gascoigne in the country. North Tyneside Northumbria Police is a highly successful force – • With the highest victim satisfaction level in the country – 92% “As you get older, issues such as anti-social • HMIC grade Northumbria ‘outstanding’ in delivering Anti-Social Behaviour David Cameron has cut over £108 million from the police behaviour can bother you. I’m pleased that initiatives budget in Northumbria since 2010, resulting in the loss of Vera has made this a priority for Northumbria • HMIC say Northumbria is only one of 6 forces dealing with domestic abuse well • Graded ‘Good’ for dealing with vulnerability 861 police officers and 940 specialist support staff, such as Police. It’s important we feel safe in our house. • Innovative: Police & domestic abuse outreach workers respond together to forensic investigators. I trust Vera so she has my vote.” domestic abuse calls, getting support to victims at first opportunity. • Innovative: Just opened one of the 1st Remote Evidence Centres in the country. Despite these cuts, Labour’s Vera Baird has protected Juliana Herron neighbourhood policing in every community of Northumbria. I meet with the Chief Constable every fortnight to ensure these high standards Sunderland are maintained and that any other issues or concerns raised by local residents are “Vera has my vote, she cares about addressed. The Tories wanted to cut the police even further and only Sunderland and is committed to working pressure from Labour Police & Crime Commissioners stopped with local residents to deliver effective Supporting victims of crime is at the heart of our work, we work closely with partners Osborne from slashing our cash again in the recent Spending to help victims cope and recover. We are the best in the country in terms of service. policing.” If re-elected, I can assure you that I will continue to ensure Northumbria Police delivers Review. an effective service, I’ll continue to scrutinise their work and ensure they are delivering for communities. Only Vera Baird will stand up to the Tory government and ❞ fight further police cuts. RE-ELECT VERA BAIRD QC AS NORTHUMBRIA’S POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER. INSIDE: Read my 5 point plan to keep Northumbria safe... VOTE LABOUR ON THURSDAY 5 MAY. “My main priority is to VERA - Listening & delivering for you. deliver for local communities – ensuring Deliver the best Tackling anti- effective policing possible to policing in social behaviour. all our cities, 1 reduce crime. 4 towns and I have encouraged all victims some criminals have moved Northumbria is recognised fantastic local volunteers villages alike”. of crime to come for help to and our police are getting there nationally as one of the best supporting people to cope our police and encouraged full quickly. forces, as I have ensured and recover from ASB. use of the better new police that all vulnerable victims of recording rules. Some increases If re-elected I will continue to ASB are contacted personally ASB will remain high on my in recorded crime such as drive down costs to reinvest sexual or domestic abuse, child these savings back into frontline within an hour and their agenda and we will continue exploitation and hate crime are policing. I’m proud of our concerns actioned. Enhanced to keep in touch with victims good; they mean that we are neighbourhood policing and support now includes joint to ensure that their problem A track-record in giving people the confidence I will fight to keep it safe as visits by police and council has been dealt with. I want to report these crimes which long as I am Police & Crime officers, face to face apologies to see the current satisfaction are very hard to talk about Commissioner. I will always look by those causing the level of 86% getting even standing up for people and which sap the victim’s for opportunities to increase problems and action plans higher. confidence that anyone will the number of police officers are in place to ensure victims believe them. we have in the communities are safe. We have some - Made Northumbria Police and increase the number of a Living Wage Employer. Online fraud and cybercrime are Community Support Officers now being better tackled; this and Special Constables serving is the modern arena to which Northumbria. Delivering - Giving young people an opportunity. Have Community appointed business Putting victims first. apprentices who have 5 Confidence. secured full time employment. I have brought police officers Savings from disposal of Vera with her current & former business 2 closer to the communities out of date and costly police - Finding out what local a pprentice s they serve by re-locating stations have been reinvested I will continue to ensure stop shop for advice and their bases to easy accessible into frontline officers. I am residents want and victims of crime receive the support. Our Court Observers venues, such as shops in increasing the amount of delivering. best service possible. We are watching cases at court Sunderland and Morpeth, time officers are “on the already have a satisfaction where there have historically fire stations in Newcastle beat” rather than in the office level of 91% and I want this been complaints from victims and South Tyneside and through our investment in - Funding for community to go up further. I will work and local criminal justice colleges and community hubs tablets and mobile phones. groups to deliver services closely with Victims First agencies are responding well throughout Northumbria. Northumbria to ensure they to our recommendations. for local residents. continue to deliver a one ✁ - Bringing the police closer to the communities they ❑ YES! I SUPPORT VERA’S PLANS Re-locating police stations, bringing Tackling domestic serve. officers closer to the communities ❑ YES! I’LL BE VOTING FOR VERA AT THE PCC ELECTION they serve and sexual abuse. ❑ PLEASE SEND ME DETAILS OF VOTING BY POST 3 We led the way police on 999 calls about Name: by implementing domestic abuse so that we the first ever regional can help victims at the first Address: Violence Against Women opportunity. Our police were Postcode: and Girls strategy, I launched the first in the country to be the “Domestic abuse in trained in the new offence Email: the workplace campaign” of coercive control and we to support employers to have also set up better ways Telephone: help employees of either of tackling perpetrators to Please cut this reply slip out and return to: sex who may be victims. get them help to change their VERA BAIRD QC, Freepost RSSL-XUKX-YRKK, Labour North, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6PA Every weekend, domestic behaviour. Making Northumbria Police a Speaking to local residents in abuse workers go with our The Labour Party and its elected representatives may contact you in the future using information you provide. If you don’t Living Wage Employer Sunderland want to receive any communication write to The Labour Party, Labour Central, Kings Manor, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6PA. 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