Pressure on UK's police forces rise.
With each new avalanche of headlines about knife crime, pressure mounts on Britain’s police forces to stem the rising death toll.
War on Knives has spent months on the front-line with police officers up and down the UK as they tackle head-on the menace of knife violence. In Hackney, police officers put into practice Operation Blunt Two including the use of intelligence-led Stop and Search.
Earlier this year, the Met Police launched Operation Blunt Two, using special search powers in high-risk areas. The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, announced a £5M package to tackle violent crime. But do you think these measures are effective policing tools or are they a hinderence more than a help? Let us know what you think.
We’ve seen how the police in Liverpool use airport-style knife arches in strategic places across the city in their blitz against knives. And in Glasgow, we look at a unique approach where the problem of violence is treated as a public health issue, like a disease which can be caught and spread and lead ultimately to injury and even death.
But as the gang violence continues and drugs-related offences escalate are the right things being done to tackle the problem head on?
Let us know what you think the police should be doing to stop knife crime.
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