00:00I would like to see the police concentrating on actual criminality rather than policing thought.
00:06The police should only pay attention to things that are not criminal if there is a real and
00:10imminent danger of escalation into actual criminal behaviour. I am concerned that police
00:16time is being taken up on things that frankly it shouldn't be. The public expect the police
00:20to be dealing primarily with crime. So I'm calling today for the government to change the guidance,
00:26to make clear where the police should be spending their time. But I'm also giving a speech later
00:30today to police chiefs and police and crime commissioners and I'm going to make the point
00:34to them as well. I'd like to see a tough action on gangs. It's gangs often that create this
00:40atmosphere of fear amongst our young people. I'd like to see more work done in terms of early
00:46intervention to identify young people often at quite a young age who are at risk so they can be
00:51helped and supported. But I'd also like to see a tougher law enforcement approach on the streets.
00:56I'd like to see more stop and search done, of course lawfully and respectfully, to take knives
01:00off the street. You know if perpetrators are searched before they can stab someone,
01:05obviously that's going to save lives and protect people.
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