IDesperate attempt to avoid uniformed Police A young man guarding to get out of the tube station Unlikely Sprint the platform stages back.
But before he could jump back to the train, The authorities circled him and stopped him against a wall within minutes.
A discovery of his bag shows that he is carrying one Located knife, and he is arrested on rapid suspicion Keep an aggressive weapon And put in handcuffs.
The weapon is placed in a evidence bag, and is marched through the station and a waiting Police The car was charged and sent to appear in court the next day.
The knife looks small, but the authorities insist that it can do severe harm, and they insist that they do not know the intentions of the man to travel with a weapon.
It’s just one Examples of over 480 examples Where people carrying a bladed article, such as knives, have been stopped by the British Transport Police (BTP) in the last one year.
Independent As part of his crack on criminals, viewed several rent-deoding incidents during an operation with BTP from Stratford Station, East London on Elizabeth line.
The latest figures show almost one in 20 tube Passengers are dodging the fare – at a cost of £ 130m – amidst an increase in violence against employees who try to stop them.
Ilford is one of many stations in the capital, which has seen violence against employees, workers have been told how they are. Hit, on spat and subject to racial abuse – in the line of all work,
This special station was selected for the operation as in December 2024, a railway worker died after a serious injury after the attack.
Transport attacks for London (TFL) employees are not uncommon. In 2023/24, more than 10,490 reports of violence and aggression were made by TFL workers – 5 percent increased in the last year.
Nearly half of these incidents occurred when they contacted the rental.
“The frontline staff deal with public members on a regular basis, and we know that they face an uneven level on oral misconduct occasions, and on its worst, which can move forward in physical violence,” Superintendent John Loveless, BTP Superintendent Says Independent,
He said, “There is always a feeling of fear or anxiety that you don’t just know what you are working with, what they have found on your individuals, whether it is a knife or something else, or just how they are going to behave and react to you,” he says.
Stratford’s busy transport center – The fifth busiest station in the UK in 2023/24 – a huge footfall and also before the authorities start their operation, they run to deal with many examples of intoxication and disorganized travelers and anti -social behavior.
As we interview a worker, a group of teenagers is causing disintegration by walking and wapping on the platform. When they refuse to cooperate with the police, one is physically restrained, pinned on the floor of the stage’s concrete and can be heard shouting because the police talk to them.
As we go to the platform, a man passing by a beer, because he takes a bag full of alcohol, prevented to carry an open container of alcohol – but he survives a fine.
Rent Doding has been described by the authorities on the operation as a “gateway level crime”, which says that not all the fare Evaders are criminals, most criminals will avoid paying.
Within 20 minutes of descending the Ellford from the Elizabeth line train, the police stopped the young man with a knife.
Another man sees the police immediately after going near the barrier and admits that he does not have his oyster card. They are taken aside, interrogated and they are fined £ 100 – the standard rate under TFL rules, which can be reduced by paying within 21 days.
Another person who tries to get out of obstruction is fined on the spot to use the child’s travel card.
A group of five women traveling with children in bugs attempts to return the steps on the stage when they realize that the police is coming out.
Their suspicious behavior is seen by police officers wearing plain and copes who prevent them for questions. Romanian -speaking women could not speak fluently English, and a member of the station employees take steps to translate. It is soon discovered that they have no way to pay for their tickets and are fined.
During the operation, officials release 47 penalty fare of £ 100 and make seven stops and search – lock knives and two people in the possession of the cannabis.
Superintendent Lavless says: “London has its own challenges in arms-competent crime, but while still it may be assured of fear and anxiety that it is still a really safe way to travel.”
“We like to use the phrase that ‘while you cannot always see us, it does not mean that police do not always.
“Talking to knife carriers, you risk yourself to become a hunt. If you are choosing to carry a knife then you put yourself and others at a significant risk, and eventually it can result in life -changing injury or death.”
According to the office of National Statistics, more than 55,000 knife crimes were registered in England and Wales in September 2024.
British transport police Last year, all the UK forces recorded the largest percentage growth of knife crimes, which increased by 33.6 percent.
