The Policing Pledge was a United Kingdom – Home Office initiative to restore public faith back within the territorial police forces of the UK.
[1][2] 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.
On 29 June 2010 the Home Secretary Theresa May announced that the Policing Pledge had been scrapped by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition[4] as a result of the emergency budget to reduce the public deficit.
The following form part of the ten promises agreed by police forces within England and Wales[5] 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.