[Breitbart] The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, has said that the return of ’stop and search’ has helped cut crime dramatically in London.Speaking of the statistics, Ms Dick said that the murder rate had fallen by a quarter over the past year with a 15 per cent reduction in the number of under 25s being stabbed, in comments reported by The Times.
The Commissioner said that "having officers in an area where there is intelligence is a very important tactic and has absolutely led to a fall in violence. My key metric has always been injury to under-25s, especially on the street, and we have 15 per cent less, 311 less (sic) young people stabbed".
She went on to describe the tactic of stop and search ‐ which is used by police if they have ’reasonable grounds’ to suspect a person is carrying drugs, stolen property, or a weapon ‐ as being "very effective" and said it was "suppressing the violence", the tactic not only taking drugs and knives off the streets but acting as a deterrent to carrying weapons, as well.