Operation Sceptre is a week-long campaign aimed at tackling knife crime, and police in Shrewsbury joined in by placing a knife detecting arch at the town's railway station.
Operation Sceptre is a week-long campaign aimed at tackling knife crime, and police in Shrewsbury joined in by placing a knife detecting arch at the town's railway station.They were pleased to report negative results from some 300 people who passed under the arch.
The bins are at Shropshire police stations at Malinsgate, in Telford; Clive Road, in Monkmoor, Shrewsbury.West Mercia Police say that between 2022/23 there were 1,209 offences involving a knife, 76 fewer than the previous year. This equates to 0.42 offences per 1,000 population. The week runs to Sunday, May 21, and involves teams across the force carrying out a variety of policing activity including using metal detecting arches to identify people carrying knives, visiting schools to talk to students about the risks of carrying a knife and liaising with shops who sell knives to ensure they are challenging anyone who may look to be under the age of 25 and ensuring that any knives are being displayed in a safe, secure and appropriate manner.
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