In this series of weekly blogs, I will be discussing each one of my key priorities in my new MakingWiltshireSafer Police and Crime Plan 2025 – 2029. 

Public trust in the police is fundamental to effective policing and so this priority focuses on ensuring Wiltshire Police are responsive to the concerns and needs of all communities in the area.  

To achieve this, I aim to build strong relationships between the police and the community and increase public engagement and confidence. This includes ensuring every reported crime is met with a timely and appropriate response, enhancing the quality of service, and recruiting a diverse police workforce to reflect the community it serves.  

By building a culture of integrity and respect within the police we aim to increase the trust that communities place in Wiltshire Police, and I will work with the Chief Constable to improve engagement across our communities, improve the quality of policing services and the leadership of our police officers and staff to improve performance and ensure all frontline officers. 

I want to make further investment in the Crime and Communications Centre, improving response times, and providing a more effective and timely investigative service with enhanced victim support. 

Staff and leaders must have access to the technology and tools required to increase productivity and provide effective and efficient policing and improve immediate and priority response times whilst maintaining high quality investigation at scene. 

My office will also continue to be the public contact point, resolving complaints or referring them to an independent department that upholds standards, tackles misconduct and corruption, and work to resolve complaints as quickly as possible and identify lessons learned to feed directly back into the force to improve policing.