4mExclusive: Big rise in use of stop and search powers by Metropolitan Police
“We cannot arrest our way out of this epidemic” – that was the Prime Minister’s warning at today’s knife crime summit in Downing Street.
And police measures do appear to be struggling to make a difference.
Channel 4 News can exclusively reveal a 16-fold rise in the use of Section 60 stop and search powers by the Metropolitan Police in just three years, while the number of stabbings has risen.