The Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/216
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

Section 2

The Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1994 is hereby revoked.

Section 3

The objectives for the policing of the areas of all police authorities established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 are—

(a) to deal speedily and effectively with young offenders and to work with other agencies to reduce re-offending;

(b) to target and reduce local problems of crime and disorder in partnership with local authorities, other local agencies and the public;

(c) to target drug-related crime in partnership with other local agencies;

(d) to maintain and, if possible, increase the number of detections for violent crime;

(e) to increase the number of detections for burglaries of people’s homes; and

(f) To respond promptly to emergency calls from the public.