With households feeling the squeeze, have a duty to be smart and imaginative in making policing budgets stretch as far as possible.
We must also teach our youth the truth about the great strides the UK has taken in addressing climate change and how lawful action is what really effects change in a democracy.
Suella Braverman has been clear in her expectation that police must put the needs of the public and victims first. But multiplying demands are making it more difficult to make that desire a reality.
This year the 200th anniversary of Robert Peel first becoming Home Secretary. His words “The Police are the Public; the Public the Police” are as true today as they were then.
We should abolish a quango that provides no discernible benefit and that no-one would miss were it to disappear tomorrow.
Forces need to strike the right balance between being visible and effective, but not heavy-handed.
Blair’s target of 50 percent of school leavers at university was a mistake. So why does the police force want to go even further?
In Surrey, we see middle-class activists cause great damage and disruption before getting let off the hook.
Too often viewed as a victimless crime, stolen vehicles are often used for drug running and worse.
We need to be honest about what it is for and what it is not. Protecting life and property must come first.
For every bad headline there are hundreds of officers in forces like mine who are working around the clock to keep us safe.
We need to reconnect with 51 per cent of voters pronto. Just not with a pink bus or targeted manifesto.
Thousands of people told me what they wanted Surrey Police to focus on and so this plan is their priorities.
I want to ensure that every pound that goes into policing makes us safer, while also protecting the taxpayer.
The party that has always been seen as the most effective on law and order has to stay that way.