THE Government yesterday gave police forces an extra £5m to target knife crime.
Around £500,000 will go to Merseyside Police for its efforts to focus on the minority of young people who commit serious violence.
The cash will extend the Tackling Knives Action Programme (TKAP) pioneered in the city-region for another year.
Since June last year, the 10 forces, including Merseyside and Lancashire, involved in the programme have conducted more than 150,000 stop and searches and have seized 3,000 knives.
