Home Secretary Sajid Javid has given the police more power to tackle knife crime on Britain’s streets
SAJID Javid opened the door to greater powers for the police - as he urged cops to do more to tackle the bloodletting on Britain’s streets.
The Home Secretary insisted police “step up” their response to the knife crime attacks “to get the situation under control” in a phone call with Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick.
And he urged Britain’s top cop to “make full use” of stop and search powers they already have in their armoury.
But he added he was determined to “make sure the police have the powers and tools they need” – and would do everything in his power to support them.
Details of the call were released by the Home Office last night. Mr Javid interrupted a visit to web giants in Silicon Valley on the US West Coast to get an operational update on the London killings.
Aides said the Home Secretary insisted it was a national issue and that the Government stood would work with police chiefs.
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He told the Commissioner: “We must act together, and I stand with you as we face this challenge.”
He added: “Alongside tough law enforcement we will not let up on our work to prevent young people getting drawn into knife crime in the first place.
“But we must step up the police response to get the situation under control so that these measures have to time to work.”
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