SVROs to allow knife crime stop and search without suspicion

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SVROs to allow knife crime stop and search without suspicion

New orders are part of package of law enforcement measures planned for Parliament.

Date - 14th September 2020
By - Gary Mason

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The Home Office has launched an eight week public consultation starting today on introducing serious violence reduction orders (SVROs) to stop and search people with convictions for knife crime without the need for further suspicion. Courts would...

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