Ian Sharpe PCC Candidate

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

My Manifesto

‘Supporting OUR Police to deliver YOUR priorities’

Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own home and walking down their own streets. But for too many people, that’s simply not the reality.

The Conservatives have long talked tough on crime, but failed to even get the basics right. Their unnecessary cuts have left our police forces overstretched, under-resourced, and unable to focus on the crimes that affect our communities the most.

There are than 5,900 crimes are going unsolved each day in England and Wales. In the year ending in September 2023, nearly 2.2 million investigations into reported crimes were closed by the police without a suspect being identified.

Meanwhile, only 5.9% of crimes led to a suspect being charged or summoned - letting thousands of criminals off the hook while victims are denied justice.

3 in 4 burglaries and car thefts went unsolved in the year ending September 2023.

To make matters worse, huge backlogs in the courts are further denying victims the justice they deserve.

Up and down the country, Labour and Conservative Police and Crime Commissioners have failed to push for the change our communities deserve. That is why I am standing as PCC for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, to support our Police to make a real difference.

Instead of more empty promises, I will commit to what actually works to stop crime - proper community policing, where officers are visible and trusted, with the time and resources to focus on neighbourhood crime.

I believe that the current PCC is wasting money. The office costs and spin machine costs  £5 million a year. Yet he has set a budget for the Police which requires them to make £5 million in cost savings, cutting vital support staff jobs and even threatening the number of Police officers.

I would put more money into front-line policing and crime prevention measures. Targeting domestic violence and sexual assault, rural Crime, anti-social behaviour, City centre street crime and on-line Fraud.

I call for a return to proper community policing, where officers are visible, trusted and able to focus on preventing and solving crime.