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West Midlands police chief urges parents to do more on knife education

Asked how parents should intervene, Mr Guildford said: “It’s important that it [knife crime] can be talked about in the home and can be talked about with friends, and it can be talked about with youth workers.”

He has also previously said: “We’ve got officers in schools, and I’m really working hard with schools to try and make sure that we get the message across earlier in people’s lives.”

Actor Idris Elba has also made a documentary for the BBC about solutions to knife crime. It will be shown on BBC One tonight at 21:00 GMT.

Mr Guildford said the documentary, Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis, as well as the prime minister’s task force that he is involved in, “and all the initiatives that we’re trying to do, have to come together to deliver”.

He added that young people’s fears needed to be addressed around individual safety, particularly routes someone can take, going out with friends, avoiding certain situations, and de-escalating situations.


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