I am absolutely delighted with the number of signatures collected on this petition so far! To have reached over 193,000 in such a short space of time is absolutely incredible and just serves to demonstrate to me and many others, how important you believe that the future of policing in this country is.

The next step is to secure the necessary support in order to ensure that this issue is debated in Parliament. I have written to my local constituency MP Maria Caulfield (Lewes, Sussex). She has informed me that she will be writing to the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, drawing this petition to his attention.

What I really need you to do now is to share this as widely as is possible and also to draw it to the attention of your local MP. What I am seeking is a "champion" to the cause in order to move this forward within Parliament.

Therefore, please ensure that in sharing the petition with your MP you let them know that you are fully supporting this petition and its aims.

I appeared in a BBC S.E. Today news programme which was shown at 6.30pm on Tuesday the 18th September in which I was able to promote the petition and its aims. As soon as it is available I will share it through this medium.