Theresa May says fall in police numbers has no bearing on rise in violent crime ENGLAND Birmingham INT Theresa May MP interview SOT If we look at...
{"Image ImageDescription": "Theresa May says fall in police numbers has no bearing on rise in violent crime; ENGLAND: Birmingham:\rINT\rTheresa May MP (Prime Minister) interview SOT.\r- If we look at what we've been able to do in relation to knife crime, we see we're actually catching and prosecuting more people for carrying a knife or blade, and they're more likely to go to jail and for longer. But there is a need for us to do more, and that's why we've launched our serious violence strategy. At the heart of that is not just dealing with crime's once they've happened but actually trying to prevent those crimes from occurring in the first place. A lot of that's about working with young people to dissuade them from carrying knives, because if they carry a knife they're more likely to become a victim.\r\r- I recognise the concern there is about the level of knife crime, that's why it's right that we're taking action through the serious violence strategy, and other things as well - the offensive weapons bill that we're putting through parliament, which will give extra powers in relation to stopping young people particularly from having some of these particularly dangerous types of knife. \r\r- Well, Sadiq Khan is part of the group that we have on our serious violence strategy. Sadiq Khan, of course, is the police commissioner for London, he's responsible for the- well I meet with Sadiq Khan from time to time but what matters is on the serious violence strategy, Sadiq Khan is sitting around the table with ministers, with others...\r\r- If you look over time, actually, you'll see there's no direct causation between police numbers and levels of crime, but I recognise that we're seeing this problem, in relation to violent crime, in relation to knife crime in particular, that's why the government is acting, that's why we're dealing...I think what people want to see is to make sure that action is being taken...not just deal with the potential for crime on the streets, in the sense of dealing with that crime,...", "Image Copyright": "ITN (ITV News)"}