Prevention Orders are being piloted by the Metropolitan Police by using the courts to impose restrictions on people they believe are"on the cusp" of violence.
But figures obtained by the PA news agency under Freedom of Information laws show only two orders were applied for by the Met during the first six weeks of the trial - and both were turned down by magistrates. The force said"learning was identified" from its two failed applications, adding that two orders have since been granted, although both were handed out alongside jail terms.
A Met spokesman said:"The Met is 10 weeks into a 14-month pilot and so far there has been one KCPO granted in London."As is often the case with new legislation, police and other agencies involved in KCPOs are navigating through new processes and building up knowledge following the initial launch. "Learning was identified following two unsuccessful applications and allowed us to understand how the courts may interpret the civil orders and adapt to the thresholds required."
And this is why trials/pilots last longer than six weeks. If you’d extended the scope of your report by only four more weeks, it would have included the two successful applications. But that wasn’t the point of your report was it? The aim here was to paint the Met as a failure.
If someone is willing to ignore the first law about carrying a knife adding on a second is probably not going to sway their judgement....
It amazes me how the government can send us to fight wars, make us put our lives on the line for our queen & country, yet can't even sort our own country out because we are so fffin soft. We sucombe to the woke, snowflake society we live in, grow some bollocks and get tough.
Always using a picture of a white guy when discussing knife crime.....
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