Reform's Colin Sutton responds to Kemi Badenoch's Policing Plans

Former Metropolitan Police Deputy Chief Inspector Colin Sutton has responded to Kemi Badenoch's remarks to the Police Federation in which she claimed she was 'not scared to back the police.'

Reform UK's Policing and Crime advisor Colin Sutton said:

'Kemi Badenoch's remarks are frankly an insult to the intelligence of British voters.

'The Tories have rushed her out to give a half-measures speech from a teleprompter because they're panicked about the robustness of our S.A.F.E. plan that we rolled out last week.

'The S.A.F.E. plan puts the critical parts of crime and policing at the heart of Reform UK policy. Safety, personal and property. Anti-social behaviour. Functioning institutions and Equal enforcement. We heard nothing about this in Kemi's speech. 

"She said she would only recruit 10,000 new officers, but they CUT 20,000 when in government and added a paltry 482 new prison places . 

"Reform's plan would see 30,000 new officers recruited, and an END to the woke, hate-speech, DEI-obsessed policing the Tories introduced.

Meanwhile, we will deport foreign criminals, build Nightingale prisons on MoD land, end early release and ensure that serious criminals stay where they belong: Behind bars.