
1 
This Order may be cited as the Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
2 
The Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1994 is hereby revoked.
3 
The objectives for the policing of the areas of all police authorities established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 are—
(a) to deal speedily and effectively with young offenders and to work with other agencies to reduce re-offending;
(b) to target and reduce local problems of crime and disorder in partnership with local authorities, other local agencies and the public;
(c) to target drug-related crime in partnership with other local agencies;
(d) to maintain and, if possible, increase the number of detections for violent crime;
(e) to increase the number of detections for burglaries of people’s homes; and
(f) To respond promptly to emergency calls from the public.
Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
4th February 1998