The Policing Pledge

The Policing Pledge was a United Kingdom - Home Office initiative to restore public faith back within the territorial police forces of the UK. The pledge was a set of ten promises from the police about the services that they provide. All 43 police forces within England and Wales have agreed to keep these promises. The Policing Pledge was introduced by the Home Secretary in July 2008 with the publishing of the Green Paper ""From the neighbourhood to the national: policing our communities together”." The Policing Pledge officially came into force on 31 December 2008.
On 29 June 2010 the Home Secretary Theresa May announced that the Policing Pledge had been scrapped by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition as a result of the emergency budget to reduce the public deficit. This will allow the police to focus more on law enforcement and less on trying to meet targets.
Policing Pledge.
The following form part of the ten promises agreed by police forces within England and Wales
Public Criticism.
The UK government came under fire from many leading media organisations within the country after it was revealed that the advertising campaign to educate the public about "The Policing Pledge" cost the tax payer £3.5 million in the form of posters, newspaper spreads, leaflets, website production and the addition of two thirty second television adverts which were set to air during peak hours.
Additionally annual reviews of local policing by the Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, HMIC have indicated a significant number of police forces are not meeting the promises of "The Policing Pledge" neither are they doing enough to continue to meet the promises.