Knife crime: 'Tsar' needed to stop stabbings, says ex-Met chief
NHS data shows that the number of children aged 16 and under treated for stab wounds in England rose from 180 in 2012-13 to 347 in 2017-18.
"I'd want to know, week after week, when are you recruiting them? When do they they arrive? When do they get trained? And when do they hit the streets?" he told the BBC."If it's not treated as a crisis, it will take another two years before we see action." Officers say Jodie's attacker was a black male in his late teens but gave no further details. There are no descriptions of a second suspect.Lord Hogan-Howe said the government and police also needed to:
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