Candidates on crime in North Yorkshirepublished at 11:34 British Summer Time 10 April
Labour's David Skaith says that police numbers have been cut since 2010 and it would "take time to build up again".
Kevin Foster, for the Green Party, says: "I hear from the public, 'we don't see the police'."
He highlights the need to tackle tourism crime and bike thefts, as well as burglaries.
Paul Haslam, an Independent, says with the police numbers North Yorkshire has, "prevention and neighbourhood policing" is key.