Sentences with phrase «tackle knife crime»

The metal - detecting wands are a part of City Hall's work with schools to tackle knife crime, and prevent students from bringing knives into schools.

The government's strategy to tackle knife crime is incoherent and ineffective, a new report warns today.

The teenage pregnancy strategy is an example of the sort of long - term, integrated public health approach which we so desperately need to tackle knife crime.

To tackle knife crime there must be a mandatory sentence not just for over-18s, but for anyone who brandishes a knife as a threat.

But a Christian weapons charity has suggested they need to put their money where their mouth is to tackle knife crime.

The officers were working as part of Operation Bobcat, which sees plain - clothes police tackle knife crime and robbery in Westminster.

Christian charity Word 4 Weapons has singled out the role of Christians in tackling knife crime after... More

Christian charity Word 4 Weapons has singled out the role of Christians in tackling knife crime after four people were stabbed to death in unrelated attacks across London in the space of 24 hours.

Tackling knife crime is a priority for the Met.

Mayor Boris has rightly made tackling knife crime a priority but there's only so much that stop and searches (27000 of them have been conducted in the last six weeks under Operation Blunt II), scanners and amnesties can do.

Not exact matches

The recommendation follows claims made by a top officer at Scotland Yard that the courts and prisons aren't doing enough to tackle knife - related crime.

A Christian youth charity has warned that «knife crime will continue to go up and down if we don't tackle... More

Her remit may be broad, but it also covers some of the most important tasks facing this government, including dealing with the knife crime epidemic, tackling modern slavery — a cause championed by Theresa May during her own time at the Home Office and in Downing Street — and leading on the forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill.

When the police stop and search someone, they do so because they are trying to tackle the sorts of crime that have a real impact on real people; knife crime, drug dealing, burglary, car theft.

These new powers will enable police to better tackle gun and knife crime as well as alcohol - related disorder,» home secretary John Reid commented.

However, tackling rising knife crime, fighting to justify policing cuts and handling the ongoing terrorism threat are all key issues.

In light of this, the mayor brought education leaders together with Ofsted, the Met police, Transport for London as well as parents and young people who have been affected by knife crime, at a special summit in Euston, to help increase efforts, and collaborate on how to best tackle the problem in schools.

He said one of the ways to tackle the issue was to encourage Ofsted to look into whether school were doing «all they can to keep people safe in particular in relation to knife crime».

According to the Evening Standard, Khan described knife crime in the capital as an «epidemic», and said schools were afraid to tackle the problem in case it damaged their reputations.

The use of s60 powers is allowed in limited situations and with a view to help tackle gun and knife crime as well as gang violence.

New powers to tackle alcohol - fuelled disorder, knife and gun crime were introduced last week with the implementation of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (VCRA 2crime were introduced last week with the implementation of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (VCRA 2Crime Reduction Act 2006 (VCRA 2006).