I made some recent comments about the problems of knives in the light of another awful killing at a school in London. I was aksed what I would do about it. There has also been this very interesting article in the Telegraph today that was written by the Director of a charity working with kids in West London.
For those who follow such things the Conservatives in the Lords have been trying to table amendments that would mean tougher sentences for those found on the streets carrying knives. On top of this the Government is now talking about a five year prison term for those carrying knives. I believe this is the right approach.
Incidentally I think it rather odd that considering all the recent furore over the knife amnesty the Met Police website has nothing about it on their home page.
Incidentally there is a piece in the Surry Comet this week, backed up a letter from Cllr Derek Osbourne, the Lib Dem Leader, whcih claims that Kingston is safer than ever before. Whilst it is true that overall crime numbers have fallen it is nevertheless a little worrying that we have seen large increases in rape (which the paper acknowledges) burglary and robbery. There has also been a slight rise in Gun crime and a fall in homophobic crime. Cllr Osbourne chooses to use the comparison with other Borough's rather than the direction of trend. Looking more locally it is surprising that there have been increases in drugs offences and criminal damage in Berrylands. I guess the criminal damage might be explained by this.
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