gangs matrix. police began compiling intelligence on individuals to have been identified as part of a gang, including those with no history of violencethat of the 3806 people whose details are held on the matrix, 99% are male, 78% are black, and the youngest is just 12 years old. and at a news conference, there we re old. and at a news conference, there were concerns and about how the information is being shared. we hear stories of this following people to their lives, from the housing association to schools to job centres. people are being treated differently. in response, the met police said any action to buy partner organisations should not be instigated solely on a person's name being on the gang matrix. the matrix has been denounced as racist by campaigners who work with young black people. it is the preoccupation with the gangs has meant that they have failed to design an effective strategy for dealing with serious youth violence. the capital has seen a spate of violent crime involving young victims. today's report focuses on figures that found the majority of knife crime was not regarded as gang related. june kelly, bbc news.

matrix was aimed at reducing violence and saving lives. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. it was that 2011 riots, which began in tottenham and spread across london, which spawned the gangsolice began compiling intelligence on individuals said to be identified as being part of a gang, including those with no history of violence. today's report by amnesty international found that, of the 3,806 people whose details are held on the matrix, 99% are male, 78% are black, and the youngest is just 12 years old. and at a news conference, among amnesty‘s many concerns is how the information is being shared. we hear stories of this following people through their lives, from the housing association to schools to job centres, where people are being treated differently. in response, the met police said... the matrix has been denounced as racist by campaigners who work with young black people. the truth is, the preoccupation with the gangs has meant that they have failed to design effective strategies for dealing with serious youth violence. the capital has seen a spate of violent crime involving young victims. today's report focuses on figures which found that the majority of knife cr

gangs matrix. police began compiling intelligence on individuals said to have been identified as being part of a gang, including those with no history of violencert by amnesty international found that, of the 3,806 people whose details are held on the matrix, 99% are male, 78% are black, and the youngest is just 12 years old. and, at a news conference, among amnesty‘s many concerns is the way the information is being shared. we hear stories of this following people through their lives, so from housing association to schools to job centres, where people are being treated differently. in response, the met police said... a former borough commander believes the matrix does raise equality issues for the force that he can see its value. the positives are considerable. you're bringing together a database considerable. you're bringing together a data base of considerable. you're bringing together a database of individuals who are vulnerable. it is about identifying those individuals and then they can ensure there is support for those individuals are speaking to social workers, youth workers, schools, to see how you can support those individuals. the da

gangs matrix. police began compiling intelligence on individuals said to have been identified as being part of a gang, including those with no history of violenceple whose details are held on the matrix, 99% are male, 78% are black, and the youngest is just 12 years old. and, at a news conference, among amnesty‘s many concerns is the way this information is being shared. we hear stories of this following people through their lives, so from housing association to schools to job centres, where people are being treated differently. in response, the met police insisted that only selected information will be shared. and said, any action taken by partner organisations should not be instigated solely on a person's name being on the gang matrix. dal babu, a former borough commander in the met, believes the matrix does raise equality issues for the force, but he can see its value. the positives are considerable. you're bringing together a database of individuals who are vulnerable. it is about identifying those individuals and then making sure there is support for those individuals, speaking to social workers, youth workers, people in the community. it

matrix was aimed at reducing violence and saving lives. it was the 2011 riots that spawned the matrix. police began gathering intelligence said to be part of a gangnd that of the 3806 people whose details are held on the matrix, 99% are male, 78% are black and the youngest is just 12 years old. and at a news conference, amongst their main concerns is the way information on these people is being shared. we hear stories of those following people through their lives. from housing association to schools, to job centres, where people are being treated differently. in response, the met police said that any action taken by the met police said that any action ta ken by partner organisation the met police said that any action taken by partner organisation should not be instigated solely on a person's name being on the gang matrix. the matrix has been denounced as racist by campaigners who work with young black people. the truth is the preoccupation with the gangs has meant that they have failed to design effective strategies for dealing with serious youth violence. the capital has seen a spate of violent crime involving young victims. today's report focus

gang violence. or them becoming a victim. to most people, that would sound really sensible, isn't it? this safeguarding function being a feature of the matrixhe matrix. was more about the discriminatory outcomes. they only spoke to 30 people. people. that operate the database at boro level. level. they say about their day to day experience with the database. experience with the database. are local community route is and housing officers. -- community groups. groups. and potentially breaching human rights? rights? secretive document the police can say what they want about it. say what they want about it. who sees the matrix will note instantly that they cannot be right. instantly that they cannot be right. you say you have a copy of the matrix that covers haringey. matrix that covers haringey. how old is this? is this? the way that young people were being policed there. policed there. live, and they are red, amber or green. what does read mean? harm score with computer—generated algorithms. once glorious 25. involved in serious crimes —— one score of 25. score of 25. turkish boys, they do not feature on the haringey gang matrix. the haringey

our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. across london, which spawned the gangs matrix. history of violenceay the information is being shared. where people are being treated differently. in response, the met police said... raise the quality issues for the force but he can see its value. force but he can see its value. the positives are considerable. positives are considerable. how you can support those individuals. individuals. this world says the matrix is not for the vulnerable. for the vulnerable. criminalise them to give them support. support. some of them by putting them on a database. some of them by putting them on a data base. some of them by putting them on a database. database. you're on there as a vulnerable person or just for support. you're on there as a vulnerable person orjust for support. person orjust for support. capital has seen a spate of violent crime involving young victims. crime involving young victims. majority of knife crime is not regarded as gang—related. time for a look at the weather. yesterday we took you to turkey, let me show you this scene. me show you this