DO you think the police deliver value for money in Teignbridge?

Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez wants residents of the force area to tell her if they think the police succeed in this.

The question is one of several posed by Alison Hernandez who has today (Thursday) launched her 2022/23 budget survey.

It comes a week after Home Secretary Priti Patel announced an increase in the amount forces will receive from central Government.

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The additional money will in part pay for an uplift in police numbers that is due to boost officer numbers in Devon and Cornwall by 188 in the 2022/23 financial year. The provisional settlement also included plans to boost investigations into serious and organised crime and tackle fraud.

The Commissioner is now faced with a decision on setting police precepts – the amount households pay locally towards policing through their council tax bills. Police and Crime Commissioners have been given flexibility to increase this by up to £10 a year for a Band D Property for the next three years. Currently those in band D households in Devon and Cornwall pay £236.56 a year in their policing precept.