The purpose of the Act are to:

Increase the effectiveness and  public accountability of Policing; to protect particularly vulnerable members of our society including women and children; to prevent crime and disorder from taking root in our communities; to reduce crime by improving the recovery of criminal assets and international judicial co-operation; and to enhance security planning at UK airports.

The main benefits of the Act include:

• Increase police accountability and effectiveness by placing a duty on police authorities to have regard for the views of the public on policing in their area in the exercise of all their functions
• Protect the public by facilitating and strengthening collaborative working of police forces at all levels from local neighbourhood policing through to the regional and national levels;
• Protect vulnerable groups, particularly women and children by tackling demand for prostitution and strengthening arrangements around sex offender prevention orders and foreign travel orders;
• Prevent serious and low level crime and disorder taking root in our communities by introducing gangs injunctions to increase the prevention of gang related violence by managing gang members; tightening controls around lap dancing clubs; and the misuse of alcohol, including the sale of alcohol.
• Strengthen our ability to fight serious and organized crime through improved recovery of criminal assets and improved international judicial co-operation;
• Provide greater clarity for all in airport security by improving inter-agency co-operation in establishing airport security arrangements;

Further information on the Government’s vision for the future of policing can be found here.  

Further information on the 2006 Independent Review of Airport Policing can be found here.  

Further information on the Asset Recovery Action Plan can be be found here.  

Further information on the Government’s youth alcohol action plan can be found here.   

The review Casey Review, ‘Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime’, is published on the Cabinet Office website.   

Further information on the Government’s Prostitution Strategy can be be found here.