Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced new plans for a boost in neighbourhood police officers, with a target to have 3,000 on Britain's streets by the start of 2026.Starmer declared: "Today, I can announce the first step. 3000 new neighbourhood officers by the start of next year, all of them visible on the beat and serving their communities, not stuck behind a desk or taken away to plug shortages from elsewhere. "And from this July, every neighbourhood will have a named contactable officer. They'll have guaranteed police patrols in town centres and hotspots, particularly at peak times like Friday and Saturday nights, and people will be able to go online and measure how their local neighbourhood team is performing. "There'll be a range of ways for local residents and businesses to raise their concerns, and to demand change from their neighbourhood policing team. So these major reforms will help us prevent crime in the first place, because that's the way that you do your work to tackle it when it happens and to stop it from spiralling. A transformation in neighbourhood policing that will transform our communities."WATCH ABOVE.
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00:00Now last year we announced an extra £1 billion in funding, including an additional £200 million specifically on neighbourhood policing.
00:10And we're introducing tough new respect orders to crack down on antisocial behaviour, because I want you to have the tools that you need to do the job that we ask you to do.
00:21And with our neighbourhood policing guarantee, we'll deliver 13,000 new neighbourhood officers by 2029.
00:28And today I can announce the first step, 3,000 new neighbourhood officers by the start of next year.
00:37All of them visible, on the beat and serving their communities, not stuck behind a desk or taken away to plug shortages from elsewhere.
00:48And from this July, so just a few months' time, every neighbourhood will have a named contactable officer.
00:55They'll have guaranteed police patrols in town centres and hotspots, particularly at peak times like Friday and Saturday nights.
01:04And people will be able to go online and measure how their local neighbourhood team is performing.
01:10There'll be a range of ways for local residents and businesses to raise their concerns and to demand change from their neighbourhood policing team.
01:19So these major reforms will help us prevent crime in the first place, because that's the way that you do your work, to tackle it when it happens and to stop it from spiralling.
01:30A transformation in neighbourhood policing that will transform our communities.
01:37A manifesto commitment being delivered.
01:40This is at the heart of our plan for change.
01:45I worked as Chief Prosecutor to keep our streets safe, and I'll do the same as Prime Minister.
01:50That's what the neighbourhood policing guarantee is all about.
01:54Police back on the beat where they belong.
01:57Restoring pride and confidence in our communities.
02:01And rewriting the social contract to restore safety and security to our streets.
02:07That's the change that working people voted for in July, and the change that this government is delivering.
02:13Thank you again for everything that you do.
02:15Thank you very much.