"Policing priorities" refers to the specific areas or issues that law enforcement agencies consider most important and give the highest attention or focus to in order to maintain safety and uphold the law. Full definition
Police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates emphasise their autonomy and the importance of the electoral mandate in determining policing priorities and disrupting the cosy complacency that is used to characterise the relationship between chief constables and police authorities. (totalpolitics.com)
Frank and detailed discussions allow examination of the basis for financial decision - making and the ways resource allocation does or doesn't reflect policing priorities. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)