Operation Blunt Makes Sharp Progress

Operation Blunt II has seen a recovery of more than 500 knives, it has been announced. London's Mayor Boris Johnson and Commissioner Sir Ian Blair announced the figures at a joint press conference at City Hall detailing the activity to target knife crime in the capital. Sir Ian said: "We need, as the whole community of London, to reach out to young people and their parents to help them get rid of the knives on our streets and provide them with alternatives to crime and gang membership. I really admire those, for instance, who organised the demonstration in Islington yesterday. "Since Operation Blunt II started London-wide on 19 May, up until 29 June, the Met has carried out nearly 27,000 searches in this operation, arrested over 1,200 people for offences connected to knives, either those who are carrying or people already... [read full story]