Since 2015, knife crime offences in Sussex–Crawley’s local policing area–have grown from 36 per 100,000 people to 57 per 100,000 people last year, an increase of 58%.
It is clear that the soft-touch approach to knife crime taken by Sussex Police since the Police and Crime Commissioner took office simply isn’t working.
Despite the Conservatives saying 16 times in the last decade that they will stop the selling of dangerous knives it’s easier to buy a zombie knife online than a kitchen knife in a local shop.
A Labour Government would see a return to common sense law and order policing by:
- Ensuring that carrying a knife results in legal action, not just a slap on the wrist
- Introduce stronger legislation banning dangerous knife sales
- Working to prevent the causes of knife crime through targeted action to ensure those at risk of being drawn into knife crime are reached early
- Recruit 13,000 new neighbourhood police and PCSOs to ensure that laws aren’t just introduced, they’re enforced
Police and Crime Commissioner Elections are scheduled for 2nd May, with Labour best-placed to remove the Conservatives from control of Sussex Police.
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