Policing minister Kit Malthouse has described police stop-and-search powers as “quite a blunt instrument”, but says he feels “there is a place for it in the police armoury against knife crime”.
Mr Malthouse added: “We have to make sure stop and search is done with respect”.
He was speaking on a patrol with police officers in Peterborough as part of a week-long anti-knife crime initiative.
Report by Jonesia.
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