Home Secretary Priti Patel addresses the National Police Chiefs' Council in Westminster

Home Secretary Priti Patel's speech to National Police Chiefs' Council; ENGLAND: London: Westminster: QEII Centre: INT Priti Patel MP (Home Secretary) speech SOT (5 of 5) - We're setting out quite a challenge to start out with; to reduce murder, serious violence and neighbourhood crime, and the policing board is working assiduously on ensuring how we can work collectively to achieve that. Also to improve victim satisfaction, to help those whose lives have been torn apart by domestic abuse, and of course the relentless focus to roll up county lines. This is an ambitious list - of course - but no more than what the public expect, and I'm pleased to have your support and I'm delighted to be working with all of you on this. Now I've seen at first hand the impressive crack down - and it is impressive - on county lines drug gangs, with forces and agencies uniting to protect children and victims, to bear down on the brutal drug gangs exploiting them, and I know you have the agility, determination and self belief to help us deliver in this area. - There can be no weak spots at all, so these outcomes will be non-negotiable. I will be unapologetic about holding you to account. You all sit at the very top of policing, and it's your job to work with us all to help drive crime down. Dynamic, innovative and inspiring police leadership is essential, and there is tonnes and tonnes of that in this room. But to deliver more we must ensure that policing better reflects the people and communities you all serve. So finally, as Martin has so eloquently articulated, I want to see that growth of diversity in leadership throughout the police. We must work together to create a true meritocracy where the very best people from every walk of life join and progress through the ranks. We need a cultural shift, ad I want to see a cultural shift across policing. Breaking down barriers in recruitment, retention and development. Making sure we retain the best and training people to be the be...
Home Secretary Priti Patel's speech to National Police Chiefs' Council; ENGLAND: London: Westminster: QEII Centre: INT Priti Patel MP (Home Secretary) speech SOT (5 of 5) - We're setting out quite a challenge to start out with; to reduce murder, serious violence and neighbourhood crime, and the policing board is working assiduously on ensuring how we can work collectively to achieve that. Also to improve victim satisfaction, to help those whose lives have been torn apart by domestic abuse, and of course the relentless focus to roll up county lines. This is an ambitious list - of course - but no more than what the public expect, and I'm pleased to have your support and I'm delighted to be working with all of you on this. Now I've seen at first hand the impressive crack down - and it is impressive - on county lines drug gangs, with forces and agencies uniting to protect children and victims, to bear down on the brutal drug gangs exploiting them, and I know you have the agility, determination and self belief to help us deliver in this area. - There can be no weak spots at all, so these outcomes will be non-negotiable. I will be unapologetic about holding you to account. You all sit at the very top of policing, and it's your job to work with us all to help drive crime down. Dynamic, innovative and inspiring police leadership is essential, and there is tonnes and tonnes of that in this room. But to deliver more we must ensure that policing better reflects the people and communities you all serve. So finally, as Martin has so eloquently articulated, I want to see that growth of diversity in leadership throughout the police. We must work together to create a true meritocracy where the very best people from every walk of life join and progress through the ranks. We need a cultural shift, ad I want to see a cultural shift across policing. Breaking down barriers in recruitment, retention and development. Making sure we retain the best and training people to be the be...
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