North Yorkshire Police is taking part in Operation Sceptre, an initiative to tackle knife crime across the UK, bringing together all 43 police forces and British Transport Police in a week of intensified action.
In addition to taking knives off the streets – through intelligence-led patrols and knife amnesty bins – officers will also be working with colleagues nationally to take them offline too, due to increasing concerns about the numbers of knives being bought via the internet.
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