P1060988 Originally uploaded by caledonianpark Islington Tribune - by ROISIN GADELRAB Published: 16 May 2008 Chief Supt Bob Carr Crime drops, but police boss warns: offenders are younger Borough Commander greets plans to upgrade skunk, ‘a psychotic drug’ BOROUGH Commander Bob Carr has welcomed plans to reverse the downgrading of cannabis as he celebrates a “spectacular” fall in crime in Islington. He has also said that offenders are getting younger, adding: “It still remains that a lot of crime is committed by young people on young people. If anything, the age group’s getting younger.” While Chief Supt Carr is celebrating the borough’s record of having the biggest reduction in key offences – including burglaries and violent crime – in London over five years, he has backed Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s plans to upgrade cannabis to a Class B drug. He said: “It should never have been taken down to Class C in the first place. It was very confusing. The moment it was set in Class C peop...