Crime policies

BNP Con Lab Lib GP UKIP

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Involving communities
Con Elected police commissioners
Lab Policing pledge including response times, local information, monthly meetings.
Con Ensure police have regular neighbourhood beat meetings
Lab On line community involvement in selecting local projects for community payback schemes
Lib Community justice panels to tackle anti-social behaviour.
Con Police obliged to publishmonthly crime stats
Lib Police forces accountable to local authorities (defend local priorities, set budgets and vary taxes)
UK Referenda on law and order issues outside government Concern
Con Authorisation not required for surveillance in routine cases. Prevent misuse by local authorities
UK Elected Chief Constables and/or police boards.
Police bureacracy
Con Video linking custody cells and courts to process criminals more quickly
UK Reduction of police paperwork
Con Ammend health & safety laws affecting policing
Lib Reduction in bureaucracy for the police
Con Less paperwork (cutting the stop form) and more on the streets
Police powers
Con Strengthening of stop and search powers
Lib Local authorities and police - more power to tackle gun and gang crime
Police staffing
Lab Gaurantee that local neighbourhood team spend 80% time on the beat.
Lib 10,000 more police officers on the street
UK Replace PCSOs with officers and re-introduce beat policing
Equipment
Lab Portable weapon scanners for the police
Con Mobile knife scanners on streets and transport
Crown Prosecution Service
UK Abolish CPS. Local police take responsibility for prosecutions, hiring solicitors + a national standards body.
Sentencing
BNP Corporal punishment for petty criminals and vandals
Con knife crimes.. expect prison sentence.
Lab Ending the early release scheme
Con Custodial sentences up from 6 to 12 months.
UK Sentences given = sentence served
Lab Tougher sentences for knife crime
BNP Option of capital punishment for paedophiles, terrorists and murderers where guilt beyond dispute.
Victim compensation
GP Offenders required to make amends
Lab National Victim Support service offering 7 days a week support, on referral by police.
BNP Improved rights for victims of crime
Lib Prisoners will work to pay for victim compensation
Id Cards
Lib Scrap the ID card scheme
UK Scrap the ID card scheme
Firearms
Lab New Controls on deactivated firearms

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 Crime policies

Prevention
Lab Action and education to prevent young people turning to crime and gang crime.
Lib New secure mental health and drug treatment centres
Lab More family intervention projects, tackling problems at their root
Con Address the causes of crime
GP Ensure universal access to youth centres to provide an outlet for young people outside of school hours
Anti-social behaviour
UK Abolition of Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs)
GP Bring in a Civil Law Injunction Programme (CLIP) to deal with anti-social behavior
UK End smoking ban in premises.
Con Instant sanctions for anti-social behaviour eg. grounding orders and charging discretion for minor offences.
UK Legislate for smoke free areas and/or dedicated internal smoking areas
Town planning
GP Improve the design of cities to provide safer streets and public spaces
Alchol
Con Ability to remove licences from premises causing problems
Con Councils able to shutdown shops or bars selling to children. Increase Max fine to £20,000.
Con Increase Tax on super strength beers, cidre & alcopops.
Con Ban shops from selling below cost.
Con Local councils can charge more for late night licences, helping to cover extended policing hours.
Religious extremists
UK Deportation of radical Imams back to countries where they are wanted for trial
UK Use of treason laws to prosecute British Muslims loyal to our enemies
Terrorism
Lib Reform of the courts to prosecute terror suspects more effectively
UK Review of all existing anti-terrorism laws
Lib Improved cooperation between UK anti terror bodies; reach out to young men in Muslim communities
Border Control
Lib Create an integrated border police force at all UK ports
to incorporate immigration, customs and police
bringing back entry and exit Controls, to monitor movement in and out of Britain
International
UK Withdraw from EU and repeal the Human Rights Act
Domestic violence
UK Imposition of tougher penalties for domestic violence
Prisoner rehabilitation
Lib Compulsory rehabilitation, training and paid work in prison
Lab Tackle re-offending, focussing on education and work
Lib Prisoner work scheme - a proportion of earnings paid into a common fund for victims
UK Rehabilitation encouraged.
Lab Rehabilitation for Convicted criminals who accept guilt
Lib Prisoner work schemes - expand to provide offenders with realistic alternatives to crime
UK Released prisoners offered immediate assistance with suitable workfare schemes, on leaving prison
Prisons
Con + 5,000 prison places and scrap early release
GP No further privatisation of the prisons
Lab +7,000 prison places by 2010, +15,000 by 2014
UK Double the number of prison places in the UK within 10 years

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