Lancashire police and crime update 20 Nov 2023

Lancashire's police and crime commissioner Andrew Snowden with an update from Kirkham  on Safer Lancashire Neighbourhoods

Transcript

00:00 Hi, I'm Andrew Snowden, Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner and in this week's

00:04 update video I want to talk to you about the work that we're doing with the Safe for Lancashire

00:08 Neighbourhoods Fund. That's the money Lancashire Police through Op Warrior, all that investment

00:13 I've supported in taking the fight to organise crime, knocking doors in, seizing cash and

00:19 assets and then all of that money, once it's seized off the criminals through the Proceeds

00:23 of Crime Act, I give it back to local communities through the Safe for Lancashire Neighbourhoods

00:28 Fund. I'm going round the county, I've just been meeting with Kirkham Town Council, we've

00:31 got a grant to upgrade CCTV to prevent antisocial behaviour and we've got lots of grants that

00:37 we've given out across Lancashire, over £1.2 million of criminals' money we've given back

00:43 to communities and the police to prevent and deter crime and I love getting out and about,

00:49 talking to communities, talking to the representatives of local areas about ways those grants can

00:54 be used and spent for diversionary activities such as youth clubs, boxing clubs, work with

01:00 local football clubs, all the way through to making streets safer through things like

01:04 CCTV, gates, lighting, everything that can be brilliantly used by taking criminals' money

01:11 to help make Lancashire safer.

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