11/07/2026
Norfolk elects a new Police and Crime Commissioner this Thursday. Find out from LibDem candidate Chris Brown on what this means. Vote for Chris to get someone who actually understands what the job involves
I will launch a “Norfolk Community Conversation” if elected on 16 July.
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Today I have announced my plan to launch a 100-day countywide “Norfolk Community Conversation”, aiming to deliver an ambitious new vision for policing across the county.
We already have a Police and Crime Plan for 2025 to 2029, ‘Putting Prevention First’. With respect to the previous PCC, the plan she developed includes some good, ambitious policies and a vision for how crime prevention should come first. This reflects some of my views, but 18 months in, how are we performing against this plan? Does it really reflect the current views of Norfolk communities, and does it respond to the current challenges and pressures the Police face across the county? My first action as PCC would be to review current performance against this plan, and to launch a 100-day countywide conversation to develop a new, ambitious, forward-looking plan that takes into account the views of Norfolk residents. This will be the ‘Norfolk Community Conversation’.
One of the core responsibilities of the PCC is to understand and champion residents’ views. For over 20 years I have worked in community engagement, so I understand the importance of listening to communities’ views and ideas. We must create an ongoing, two-way dialogue with local communities, and reflect the aspirations and expectations of Norfolk residents in the Police and Crime Plan.
I want to hear views and experiences around some of the major challenges the police face, including rising violence against women and girls, preventing anti-social behaviour and meeting the differing needs of rural and urban communities.
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Developing a new plan – an evolution not a revolution.
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Norfolk Police have many challenges, so the last thing they need is a sudden, ill-considered change in direction. They are working hard to deliver the current plan, so we need to understand how they are doing and evolve this plan after listening to our communities – urban and rural, young and old, victims and campaigners, community representatives and partnership organisations. We can only develop a comprehensive, achievable and ambitious plan that reflects our diverse communities if we have an in depth, open and honest conversation. In producing a new, forward-looking plan, my aim will be to develop a vision that communities and partners can truly feel a part of, and that will support the aim of building greater trust in our Police force across all our diverse communities.
