Lockdown has meant many of us getting to know our families better.

For the police, it's meant getting to know some of their clients better.

They've managed to catch up with quite a lot of wanted criminals,

people who are probably repeat violent offenders.

But just as the law enforces are changing the way they operate,

so too are the law breakers.

They've been dressing in high of his jackets in supermarket car parks.

One of the few busy places in the early stages of the pandemic to try and

do their dealing and still remain undiscovered.

Will the new ways of operating by cops and robbers have a lasting effect once we reach the fabled new normal?

You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times. I'm David Aronovich. Today the lessons of lockdown for policing post-pandemic. Attention all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.

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Tees and sees apply. Check the Uber app. With almost everyone else staying at home, even violent offenders, police in London have been out and about.

They're going around to violent offenders who perhaps have been prolific in the past but might have not committed offences for a while.

That's Fiona Hamilton, the Crime and Security Editor for the Times.

They've drawn up a list of 1,000 of them and they're going around and visiting them and trying to persuade them to go straight.

The list's been compiled on the basis of past convictions, known knife or gun possession, or other malfeasance.

Officers are seeking to visit each offender on the list twice.

It's classic carrot and stick, a chat about the benefits of a crime-free life but also a reminder to offenders that the police know where they live.

He was about 19 years old and had been involved in local geographical beef between gangs.

He'd been caught in possession of a knife and had been involved in the stabbing of an

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