I couldn't make the last Metropolitan Police Authority meeting, but few days before it I wondered if Sir Paul Stephenson would comment on stats showing a fall in knife crime and a rise in gun crime. MPA member Graham Speed asked him about this. Police Professional reports:
Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, has denied any connection between falling knife crime figures and a rise gun crime...Sir Paul said that it was a natural conclusion that a reduction in one was related to a rise in the other, however, research revealed no direct link.
Crimes involving guns were very different to the gang-related knife crime that was falling in the city, Sir Paul said, but added that it was important to continue to keep an eye on the trends as it was possible that a pattern could emerge in the future.
So now you know. Watch a webcast of the full MPA meeting via here.
