James SANDBACH The best choice to be our new Police and Crime Commissioner

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Dear resident, When our current Conservative Police Commissioner was elected, each town in James Sandbach is Suffolk had its own police station. Community constables (PCSOs) worked with local councils to share intelligence, identify problems and intervene early. The leading the fight police were visible and embedded in the community. Local police stations had frontline receptions to deal with public enquiries. to tackle crime…

What a difference one person’s tenure can make. Just look at how many police stations have closed or relocated: • • Eye • • • • • • Woodbridge • Brandon • • • • • Newmarket • • • Only three police stations now have public access. There have been over £30 million James Sandbach is the of cuts and over 100 PCSO posts have been lost. Lib Dem choice to be our next Police and Crime Commissioner. He will “The thin blue line is prioritise frontline community policing. As Police and Crime Commissioner stretched far too James Sandbach will prioritise community policing. He will work thinly across Suffolk” closely with the county council to Suffolk is a safe county, but let’s not kid ourselves that there aren’t problems; ten make Suffolk safer. James will: years who had even heard of “county lines” drug gangs? Suffolk police receive a report ► redirect resources towards of domestic abuse almost every hour (with much more unreported) and has the community policing and improve the fourth worst funded police service in the UK. The thin blue line is stretched far too visibility of police. A third of all new thinly across the county. officer posts should be PCSOs My top priority iscommunity policing – ensuring that the police are present and seen in all of Suffolk’s communities. Community policing can enables the police to ► fight forfairer funding from the have ‘eyes and ears’ in the community and deters low-level crime. It is by far the best Home Office for Suffolk’s police force strategy for fighting crime in residential areas, and strengthens the relationship between the community and the police. ► encourage local restorative justice schemes to deal with low level As Police Commissioner I will build partnerships between the police, residents, local offending, puttingvictims rights at councils, voluntary organisations and victims of crime. My pledge is to listen to all of the heart of the system our community voices from Ipswich to , Bury, Newmarket and , and all Suffolk’s market towns, villages, coastal communities and rural parishes. ► deliver an integrated plan with I pay tribute to the professionalism of the Suffolk - this has been a tough Suffolk Highways to improveroad time for the police, having to enforce unclear (Covid-19) public health regulations, and safety and tackle speeding with national debates now raging about policing issues. Governed by the principle of ‘policing by consent’ my aim is to strengthen the relationship between police and ► establish a Community Justice community, and fight for the resources that the police need to keep Suffolk safe. Partnership with the Magistrates courts, Citizens Advice and voluntary groups to tackledomestic violence www.SuffolkLibDems.uk and improve support for victims. Printed by Flyer Press Ltd 9b Bridge Road Felixstowe P11 7SL. Published & promoted by J Shreeve on behalf of J Sandbach (Liberal Democrats) both at 9 Marsh Lane Somerleyton Lowestoft NR32 5QX PUT CRIME VICTIMS FIRST Re-open James Sandbach will stand up for victims’ rights in Suffolk All victims must have the right police The Conservatives have closed to be heard about the impact police stations across Suffolk that crime has had on them, station and offenders challenged to recognise the harm they have caused and change their ways. counters Across Suffolk the Conservatives Bring police closer to the have abandoned Magistrates public says Lib Dem candidate Courts and police buildings whilst I will work with the police to ensure prosecutions can take months. that there can be more open points Let’s make better use of those of contact at local police stations or buildings as venues for at other community venues. restorative justice, including I will investigate working with community justice panels, volunteers to staff police station, and support groups for victims, and holding open surgeries. ‘hubs’ for other services and organisations that can prevent I will also work to improve the offending. responsiveness of the 101 call system.

Lib Dem campaigner James ACTION TO Sandbach will make tackling violence against women a priority. Fly-tipping IMPROVE WOMEN’S SAFETY The debate about women’s safety must lead to action – it is unacceptable for women to feel unsafe in public places. Encourage reporting through a public Several Suffolk Councils have reported a information campaign backed by a dedicated surge in fly-tipping during Covid There has been a concerning increase in phone line, staffed by specialist officers, for pandemic. domestic violence and abuse since the reporting incidents or concerns about sexual pandemic. Preventing harm to women and Farmers get wrongly blamed for the selfish harassment, stalking, domestic violence and children is everyone’s responsibility. The and illegal dumping by others which harms abuse, and children’s safeguarding. police must lead in partnership with the environment and is costly to clear. As communities. As police commissioner I will Work with the county council to improve your Police Commissioner I would focus on appoint experts to my team, and will: street lighting and ensure lights are left on both prevention and enforcement, working later in housing estates and residential areas with councils to increase free-to-use tips and Improve police visibility in public spaces waste collection services. through community policing, with officers Record and report gender crime as ahate trained in issues of violence against women. crime. Identification and enforcement against fly- tippers should be a higher priority for rural crime teams. I will work with the police to investigate and implement smart technology Prevent youth Getting Suffolk solutions (eg., multi-purpose roadside cameras for identifying speeders, tippers offending back on its feet and other rural crime deployment). The Police Commissioner elections take place at the same time as the County Council Elections. ABOUT JAMES I am working with a strong team of county council candidates on joined-up solutions for your area from responding to the SANDBACH We must do all that we can to avoid the worsening mental health crisis, to James is a Town Councillor in 'criminalisation' of children in Suffolk, as supporting the community and the well as strengthening the Suffolk Youth Saxmundham. His career has economy to bounce back from Covid. Justice Service Diversion Programme. spanned working for legal and The police, county council and other There are many other ways that as Police justice charities in senior roles. agencies need a joined-up approach to and Crime Commissioner I would want to achieve a safer Suffolk. James qualified as a lawyer and support youth services, drawing on best holds a doctorate in conflict practice from elsewhere. For example Liberal Democrats oppose the Police, resolution. He has previously stood Cambridgeshire Police started a Youth Panel Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. We as a means for to build a stronger need more resources for the police, and in Parliamentary elections in relationship with young communities. better community engagement, not more police powers! Suffolk.