§ The Minister of State for the Home Department (Mr. John Denham)I am, later today, laying the first National Policing Plan before Parliament as required by section 1 of the Police Reform Act 2002. It sets out the strategic priorities for the police service in 2003–06 as follows
Tackling anti-social behaviour and disorder.Reducing volume, street, drug-related and violent and gun crime in line with local and national targets.38WSCombating serious and organised crime operating across force boundaries.Increasing the number of offences brought to justiceThe Plan will be a key element in raising the standards of policing to enable all forces to approach the standards of the best.
The National Policing Plan is a key element of police reform and sets out for the first time in one document, the performance targets and indicators against which delivery of priorities will be measured. The Plan describes those aspects of police reform, which will be in place over the next three years to support delivery.