PC Peter Gallienne and Sgt Jane Henaghen patrol St Peter Port.

POLICE time will be freed up as part of proposals set to be announced by the Home Department.

The department has confirmed that it is intending to bring a report on the future of law enforcement to the States in September.

And a spokesman said that making the police more efficient was a major part of the plans. ‘It is envisaged that one crucial element of these proposals will enable the reallocation of resources to free up valuable police time to focus on community and core policing issues,’ they said.

The announcement of the report follows the Scrutiny Committee’s move to carry out a study on the causes of vandalism in the community. However, Housing minister Dave Jones is in no doubt as to where the problems lie.

He believes that the criminal justice system is failing the public and that its priorities are wrong and have been for a long time.