John Tizard, the Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner, and Richard have introduced quarterly catch-up meetings. Last week, they discussed a range of issues affecting Bedfordshire police and local residents.
Summarising the meeting, Richard Fuller MP said:
I was encouraged by Mr. Tizard's commitment to fighting the scourge of hare coursing and his recognition of both the economic damage and mental anguish that this horrible crime has on many of those in our rural communities.
I also particularly welcome the actions underway on firearms licensing which has been a source of enormous frustration for many. To quote the Police and Crime Commissioner:
"𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬. 𝐀𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐂𝐇 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.
𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐏𝐂𝐂 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐅𝐔 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨.
𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬."
