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FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1984

ALL MUST HELP FIGHT CRIME

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SIR PHILIP

THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME CAN ONLY SUCCEED IF OUR EFFORTS ARE SUPPLEMENTED BY A SUSTAINED EFFORT BY EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO SUPPORT THOSE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN COMBATING CRIME, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SIR PHILIP WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE PROGRESS OF WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IN THE SIX MONTHS FROM NOVEMBER 1983 TO APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WERE MR DAVID JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: MR ROY HENRY, COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR WILLIAM MARSHALL, ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; AND MR CHARLES YEUNG, FCC UNOFFICIAL MEMBER.

+ THE COMMITTEE CONTINUED ITS CONSIDERATION OF MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN RELATED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND MADE STEADY PROGRESS IN DRAWING UP NEW MEASURES TO ASSIST IN COMBATING CRIME, SIR PHILIP SAID.

HE SAID +1 AM, HOWEVER, VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT ALL THIS EFFORT IS IN ITSELF NOT ENOUGH.

+THIS COMMITTEE IS ONLY THE SENIOR CO-ORDINATING BODY WHICH IS HEAVILY DEPENDENT UPON THE DYNAMIC SUPPORT WHICH IT RECEIVES FROM THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES WHICH HAVE A SIMILAR CO-CORDINATING FUNCTION AT A SOMEWHAT LESS RAREFIED LEVEL,+ HE

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ON THE FCC REPORT NO. 2, SIR PHILIP SAID THAT IT COMPLEMENTED AND UPDATED THE FIRST ONE BY DESCRIBING THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD.

AMONG THE MANY SUBJECTS COVERED BY THE REPORT ARE THE SETTING UP OF THE WORKING GROUP ON GANGS; USE OF FIREARMS IN CRIME SECURITY OF GOLDSMITH/JEWELLERY SHOPS, BANKS AND GOLD WORKSHOPS: ROBBERIES IN HIGH-RISE BUILDING, USEFULNESS OF FILM CENSORSHIP IN RELATION TO COMBATING CRIME AND USE OF PROVISIONAL ORDERS ON NUISANCE CAUSED BY VICE ACTIVITIES IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.