Knife crime: Tony Blair says police losing knife crime battle
There has been a spate of fatal teenage stabbings this month, including two 17-year-olds who were killed in separate knife attacks in London and Greater Manchester within days of each other.
He said:"What it means in some of our key cities is people are not feeling safe, people are reacting to their fear of what might happen to them, and this has a cascade effect."Mr Blair said he has always believed the police have got to have stop and search powers. "If that's the case, you've got to engage with the community in order to make sure that problem is dealt with," he said."You're not going to deal with it better by pretending it's something other than it is.
When there was a street crime epidemic in 2002, he called a meeting of the government's emergency committee to ensure it was handled from the top level.
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