# The Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1998, Article 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/216/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-secretary-of-states-objectives-order-1998/article-3
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