Basingstoke MP Maria Miller met up with the new Police District Commander for Basingstoke and Deane, Chief Inspector Stuart Ratcliffe, who has recently taken over from Chief Inspector Matt Reeves.
Maria said: “I meet the Police Chief for Basingstoke on a regular basis for an update on policing matters in Basingstoke, and I was pleased to catch up with Chief Inspector Ratcliffe recently. We discussed a wide range of issues, including levels of crime in Basingstoke, which it is good to hear remain generally low, police staffing numbers, and police action to tackle drug trafficking and the “county lines”.