Introduction

This Policing Plan sets out the proposed arrangements for policing in West Mercia for 2009-2012 and gives particular emphasis to the objectives for the forthcoming year in the local authority areas of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Worcestershire. It is a shared plan, prepared by West Mercia Police and West Mercia Police Authority.

In September 2008 the Chief Constable initiated a major consultation process which engaged, amongst others, all of the senior staff and members of the Police Authority.

This led us to summarise our Mission over the next 3 years to be:

Serving – Protecting – Making the Difference.

In support of this Mission, our revised Policing Plan sets out the personal values that we all subscribe to as members of West Mercia Police, describes the outcomes that we expect to see in the years ahead, and lays out our broad strategic aims for the next 3 years together with a range of specific priorities for the next 12 months. It also identifies the relatively small set of measures that we will use to track progress in delivering both our intended outcomes and the commitments that we have made to our public through our recently adopted West Mercia Policing Pledge.

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