A safer and more secure London

[Ken L]

"A safer and more secure London" was the keystone of Sadiq Khan's manifesto pledge, but on his watch, violence has continued to spiral out of control.

London now has more murders than New York.

Is there a solution?

[Sportsman]

Possibly

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/the-police-gangs-unit-behind-a-dramatic-knife-crime-drop-in-one-london-borough-a3802096.html

[Ken L]

Somalis do seem to be massively overrepresented among both the perpetrators and the victims of London knife crime but if those intervening with the "gangs" are so hidebound by political correctness that they can't even say who is in the "gangs", then I suspect that they are doomed to failure.

Mass stop and search is the only thing that has ever been shown to deal with these issues - but it tends to upset the snowflakes.

[Sportsman]

This seems to be more effective than mass stop and search, at least the reults seem to indicate that.

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Forty staff from police and young offenders support officers to probation services, the NHS and the Job Centre, work together from the same office with a group of up to 70 people aged 10 to 24 deemed at risk of offending.

It can be challenging because agencies approach the issue from different "philosophies", said DI Lexton-Jones, but being on the same site helps, and: "Our shared vision in this partnership is to stop the kids hurting each other."

The team's welfare-oriented approach echoes that of Glasgow's Violence Reduction Unit, which hit headlines after its mission to treat knife crime as a public health problem halved the city's murder rate over ten years.

[Ken L]

How can it be more effective than Stop and Search when Capden has seen a 9% increase in knife crime?

[Sportsman]

Because the unit is in Islington

[Ken L]

DI Lexton-Jones seems to be in two places at once....

[chesters1]

Perhaps it will be easier to ban 'somalis' (country of convenience to immigration excuses) than knives?

Soon they will be knifed by 'south africans' (potential country of convenience) if that country gets out of control

 

Theres an amusing thing about somalia being the country of choice for claiming assylem Rageh Omaar did a documentory on african immigrants coming here ,the "advisor" with him said as they headed for the lorry say your from somalia they dont turn away people from war torn countries lol

Edited April 3, 2018 by chesters1

[Sportsman]

I would have no problem with returning anyone found carrying a weapon to the country they claim to be from

[chesters1]

I would have no problem with returning anyone found carrying a weapon to the country they claim to be from

Will the country want them back though?