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00:00So what's included in the Police and Crime Plan is we have three strategic priorities,
00:06so it's Local Neighbourhood Police and Presence, supporting victims, communities and businesses
00:13and a fair and effective criminal justice system. So that Local Neighbourhood Police and Presence
00:17about improving visibility because we'd all like to see that traditional bobby on the beat.
00:23When you look at the work that's gone on in Buckley that I visited just a couple of
00:29weeks ago, they have the Operation Restore, which has seen a significant increase in the
00:36number of foot patrols patrolling the shopping precinct in Buckley and the surrounding area,
00:43and that's seen a great reduction in the number of anti-social behaviour activity taking place.
00:49So when we look at Rail and the great work that's gone on there with the Operation Renew,
00:55that's part of the Clear Hope Build strategy. When we look at the efforts that have gone on there
01:02and the positive impact it's having on the lovely community of Rail, it's becoming harder for
01:10drug users to find drugs. They need that support as well and I also know there's been a lot of
01:20work going on with the Salvation Army in that regard and things to try and develop a programme
01:27with an organisation called Kaleidoscope as well. So it's about sort of supporting
01:32those who have that need and that addiction, they do need support and if you provide
01:39the right appropriate level of support as well we will find that they will have an impact on
01:44the type of criminality taking place. We're really fortunate in North Wales to have such a dedicated
01:50rural crime team. In North Wales we're over 70% rural. Farms, as well as the work that they do
02:00in farming their land and producing food for our communities, they're homes as well and I sometimes
02:07feel that that gets missed on occasions. It's important for us to have that really strong relationship with them.