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Evening Standard Comment: The Met must halt the tide of teen killings

Last year was one of bloodshed in the capital. Thirty teenagers were killed, breaking an unwanted record of teen homicides set in 2008. And last night tragically saw the first of 2022, when an 18-year-old was stabbed to death in Enfield.

When Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick took charge in 2017, she made tackling violent crime her top priority. Amid a range of investigations into police culture, ending the scourge of teen deaths must not be sidelined.

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