Enable police officers to conduct a stop search on knife crime
Enable officers to conduct a stop search on individuals who are potentially carrying a knife and induce a 5 year sentence.
Signatures
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signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 9/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 9/100,000
- 25 APR 2025Petition rejectedno-action
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. Police officers already have the power to stop and search, you can find more information here: https://www.gov.uk/police-powers-to-stop-and-search-your-rights You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action: Enact measures to combat knife crime https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702424
- 06 APR 2025Petition created
Background
Knife crime is growing rapidly and unfortunatly children and young people are massively at risk. The police do not have enough support to put measures in place.