BBC Newsbeat joins police officers in Hackney trying to steer young people away from crime.
BBC Newsbeat was invited to join police officers targeting gang crime on duty They're here to talk to her son. She's "terrified".But they're not here to arrest anyone.
BBC Newsbeat was given exclusive access by the Metropolitan Police to join them at work. They asked not to be photographed while on duty."She was initially a bit thrown off because she thought we were there to deliver bad news," says PC Lennon.That support could just be a warning of what could happen if they get sucked into crime but it can also include help getting a job or on a course.
Neighbourhood operations like the one carried out by PCs Lennon and Waters are part of a plan to reduce knife crime.found that the force "no longer has a functioning neighbourhood policing service"."Sometimes we get taken away from what we do to assist with other stuff." Rates of knife crime in Hackney have stayed steady over the past five years, but Det Ch Supt Conway says police have noticed a change in how gangs get young people into crime.
Returning to that knock on the door scenario, PC Lennon says the police don't usually visit for a conversation."We want it to stay like that."One of the unit's regular visits is to the Morningside Community Youth Club.
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