Lockdown has given us the capacity 'to do some real policing' says chief

Andy Cooke, Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, said that gang violence is continuing in the county despite the lockdown but his force now has extra capacity to deal with the more serious perpetrators.

Merseyside Police Chief Constable Andy Cooke

Four murder investigations in the force area have been launched since the lockdown, all relating to gangs. There have been seven firearm discharges, four resulting in injuries and one fatal. Last year in the same period the number was also...