Would you be prepared to pay a little extra to maintain policing improvements in Surrey? Have your say on PCC’s council tax survey!
Police and Crime Commissioner Lisa Townsend is asking Surrey residents whether they would be prepared to pay a little extra to support the county’s ‘fast improving’ police service over the coming year.
In the last 12 months, Surrey Police has more than DOUBLED its charge rate with an additional 3,500 offences being prosecuted. It has also made over 2,500 more arrests and made dramatic improvements in tackling offences important to residents such as burglary, shoplifting, child abuse and rape.
The Commissioner says this has made Surrey Police one of the fastest improving forces in the country.
But in order to maintain this momentum, protect victims and continue to make our communities even safer, Lisa says Surrey Police desperately need funding to ensure that hard work isn’t undone.
Those who live in Surrey are being invited to fill in a brief survey on whether they would support an increase of a little over £1 extra a month on an average council tax bill for 2025/26.