New chief constable of Hampshire police Alexis Boon

He was speaking of his plans for the force

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00:00Hello, I'm Alexis Boone and I'm the Chief Constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary.

00:08My priority is to make sure that the public feel like we are on their side, that policing

00:13is there for them, fighting the crime that is important to them and communities. I think

00:19there's some real focus this summer on town centre violence and town centre antisocial behaviour.

00:25We've worked hard to make our town centres safer, which they have been. We're also really focused

00:30on making sure that rural crime is targeted and dealt with and that rural communities feel that

00:37again we are on their side and we are going after the criminals that are impacting them the most.

00:43I'm very keen to make sure we remain focused on knife crime. Every knife taken off the street

00:48saves a life. Every knife crime disrupted is really important to us and communities.

00:56And finally violence against women and girls is an endemic problem in the United Kingdom and we in

01:03the Constabulary will remain focused on making sure that women and girls feel safe in their homes, in

01:09open spaces and going about their day-to-day business. They're some of the top priorities for

01:13the Constabulary and I really look forward to meeting communities and talking about their priorities

01:18as I'm out and about across the counties.