Rejected petition More Police Patrols to the Streets

We would like the government to increase the number of police personnel and patrols.
The increase of police officers by 15% to reach pre 2010/2011 levels.
With the increase of patrols it would be harder to commit crimes.
The government should put crime prevention up in the priorities again

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England with consequences of knife crime is up 59% (Excluding Manchester) since March 2014, also robberies and burglaries are up 9% since December 2017 according to Office for National Statistics. Since the last couple of years violent crime has risen in London and other areas in
Last year it was 132 homicides in the capital.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/228088

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Date submitted 20 January 2019
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