• 9 months ago
Core to solving the issue, Mr Passmore said, was also the fight against county lines operations which often involve vulnerable young people.
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00:00 We do know they're always looking at opportunities to further their ill-conceived and thoroughly
00:07 wicked and evil plans. These are the gang masters, the leads at the top. So it is a
00:14 worry. We did hear there's been excellent progress about reduction in the number of county lines,
00:18 a multi-agency approach, another example of where Suffolk can and must continue working
00:24 together. So I think it has an impact, whether it's the whole lot, I really couldn't say at
00:29 the moment, I don't have the evidence, but that's why we've got to continue with this work and I
00:33 think you heard from the Assistant Chief Constable that work is really important. Nobody could can be
00:38 complacent. We've got to continue with this and deal with it wherever we can because you're
00:42 wrecking people's lives, wrecking families, whole communities potentially and it's a really
00:47 serious issue and we'll do what we can to get rid of it.

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