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Commissioner says there is a link between police numbers and murders

Figures show London murder rate rise compares unfavourably with national decline in homicides.

Date - 8th January 2020
By - Gary Mason

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Dame Cressida Dick has said there is a link between increases in violent crime and a decline in police numbers as figures revealed that London has bucked the national trend of a decline in the number of murders last year. According to the BBC the...

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