Crime and Border Security

"Law and Order is in Meltdown" These were the words of Gordon Brown's security adviser, ex-Met boss Lord Stevens. Stevens said under Labour "The rules of the jungle now prevail. Law and order is in meltdown".

And the state of our borders is not great either.  Human trafficking is a serious problem. There is too little control of who comes into Britain.  Or what - with the drugs and gun running that takes place. More detail on this can be found under Border Security in issues.

Charlie Elphicke is concerned about crime.  He has been out with the Police locally and found it's all a real worry. Here are the facts:

  • 1,046,437 violent crimes, doubled from 502,778 in 1998
  • 1,773 people were victims of local violent crime in 2005/2006
  • Gun crime doubled to 11,084, up from 5,209 in 1998
  • Police can't go on the beat because they're tied up filling in forms
  • £20 Billion to be wasted on ID cards that won't make us any safer

So Charlie Elphicke and the Conservatives have launched a long-term Crime Action Plan. The key measures are:

  • Make families stronger - keeping families together so children have a stable upbringing
  • Support teachers to teach children the need for respect and bringing more good schools into deprived communities - for example, the Astor Federation has turned the failing St Radigunds School into the successful White Cliffs Primary
  • Help young people to come off welfare and into work - Work brings responsibility, dignity, money and respect - making people less likely to commit crime
  • A National Citizens Service - where all 16-year-olds can go on a six-week programme to develop the confidence and skills to contribute to society
  • Tough enforcement and prison sentences for young people caught carrying illegal knives, whilst also working to rehabilitate young offenders.

Charlie Elphicke thinks we should have more Police on the streets. That we should introduce zero tolerance policing. We need a border Police to stop drugs, gun running and people trafficking. We should help parents to take control and give greater support to teachers.

Get involved! There are lots of things you can do to help us get Crime Action: 

  1. Help us deliver leaflets with ideas on making us safe on our streets and secure in our homes
  2. Hold a house meeting where Charlie Elphicke will come and explain to your friends how we can be safer and why change is so important (email Charlie direct at charlie@elphicke.com or phone/write).

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Charlie Elphicke

Respect for our communities and neighbours is a corner stone of society. The safety of our borders is essential for the security of our nation. I feel strongly we need stronger borders, to tackle anti social behviour for the long term and beat based, zero tolerance policing would really make a big difference.

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