Keeping the whole workforce content and motivated is vital. Pay and conditions matter and need to encourage career progression and keep staff turnover to a minimum.

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• Attending to workforce wellbeing and mental / occupational health will be a central theme and resources provided accordingly. Training and development will be prioritised.

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• More remains to be done on making sure the workforce reflects the demographic and ethnic profile of Suffolk which will have my full support.

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• Better use of scarce natural resources is paramount and reducing our carbon footprint but must not compromise operational policing, emergency response and is affordable. A new estates strategy will be implemented within the next year including pragmatic ways to reduce our carbon footprint and eliminate waste.

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• Capital investment to improve performance will be maintained coupled with full economic assessments and business cases.

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• Firearms licensing must have sufficient capacity and an advisory board established.

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• Expand the Rural Crime team and Kestrel teams to tackle neighbourhood crime including car crime and anti-social behaviour.

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• Establish dedicated teams / initiatives to police retail crime, fraud, town centre security, tourism gangs and illegal drugs.

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• Roads policing capacity, including the commercial vehicle unit need more capacity which I will prioritise, because of an increased population, economic recovery and several major infra-structure projects – Sizewell C, Highpoint Prison, military base expansion at Mildenhall and Lakenheath and Freeport East.

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• The volunteer cadet scheme and volunteering options including the Special Constabulary will be expanded as demand increases.

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