Home secretary attacks Bernard Hogan-Howe’s view that rise in knife crime linked to topple in discontinue and search,and says police forces are too whiteTheresa May will publicly criticise claims made by Britain’s most senior police officer that a rise in knife crime is linked to falls in discontinue and search, branding them as a “kneejerk reaction” and false”.
In a combative speech on Thursday May will also criticise the race record of the police in England and Wales, or saying they are too white,with not one of the 43 forces looking like the communities they serve.
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Source: theguardian.com