Dangerous offenders: politicians are crying wolf on control measures

Monitoring dangerous individuals is complex and expensive work and lack of adequate resources across the criminal justice piece has not helped, writes former Met Chief Superintendent and borough commander Ellie O'Connor.

Last weekend brought another terrorist attack on the streets of South London. Innocent members of the public were injured but thankfully, none were murdered. If the armed surveillance teams had not been following the suspect, I am confident more...