Everyone at Victoria Police is aware of the situation, they're very alert, and we deploy a wide range of resources to do this."While police target those "pulling the strings", Commissioner Bush asked those tasked with the attacks to consider the victims who were being terrorised."I've spoken to some of these young people and they are unaware of the impact that they have," he said."We've got victims who suffer not just psychologically, because it's very traumatic to go through these things, but they also suffer financially."People are out of work as a result It shouldn't be OK."Experts say crime is poised to be major issue at the upcoming November state election amid persistent concerns about youth crime.The latest crime statistics this year showed an increase in youth offending which the state government has labelled as "unacceptably high". The state government last year strengthened bail and sentencing laws and passed adult time for violent crime legislation that allows children to be sent to adult courts and face significantly longer prison sentences.Following Victoria Police's decision last week to cut police stations hours at some Melbourne stations, Commissioner Bush said the organisation was re-evaluating how it would staff police stations.He said that while police stations were reassuring to the public, they also represented a problem to policing: cops sitting behind desks."A real principle for us is we've got a lot of very capable police officers who are working behind counters