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Voice of Change
The Liberal Democrats
'Build safe communities'
Our plan for the police will see investment in community policing and a public health approach to serious violence
We will spend it on things that really do prevent crime
We will Invest £1 billion to restore community policing
We will have police, teachers, health professionals, youth workers and social services working closely to prevent young people falling prey to gangs and violence
We will take a public health approach to youth violence - identifying risk factors and treating them, rather than just focusing on the symptoms
We will transform prisons into places of rehabilitation and recovery recruiting 2,000 more prison officers and improving the provision of training, education and work
We will spend it on the things that really do prevent crime.
We will provide a £500m ringfenced youth services fund to local authorities to repair the damage done to youth services
We will reduce the number of people unnecessarily in prison, including the introduction of a presumption against short prison sentences
We will end prison sentences for the possession of drugs for personal use and increase the use of tough community sentences and restorative justice where appropriate
We will End the disproportionate use of Stop and Search
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