Another stab death as police call for more search powers
'The death came as the chief of the body representing rank-and-file officers warned that police were struggling to win the war on knife crime because an increasing number of them do not have stop-and-search powers, while those who do are too afraid to use them. After a week in which knife crime has again dominated the news agenda, Paul McKeever, new chairman of the Police Federation, told The Observer that stop and search was 'the most important tool' for combating the problem, but it was being used ineffectively.'
