A permanent drop-off point for people to discard unwanted knives has been set up in Arnold.
Amnesty bins have this week been placed at police stations across Nottinghamshire, including inside Oxclose Lane Station in Arnold, as part of anti-knife crime campaign ‘Operation Sceptre’.
This will allow anyone wanting to throw a knife away without fear of being prosecuted.
Nearly 200 knives were seized and destroyed after being dropped off across Nottinghamshire during the last ‘Operation Sceptre’ in November 2022.
In the wake of the number of knives being left in the bins, Nottinghamshire Police has decided to make some of those amnesty bins permanent, including the one in Oxclose Lane Station.
Superintendent Kathryn Craner, Nottinghamshire Police’s knife crime lead, said: “While stopping people from picking up a knife in the first place is our ultimate aim for tackling knife crime, it is also incredibly important that we do whatever we can to help take weapons off our streets.
“By setting up amnesty bins in different locations across our communities, we are trying to make it as easy as possible for people to discard any unwanted knives they have, so that they can be taken out of harm’s way.
“While I understand some people will have some concerns about going into a police station and using an amnesty bin, please rest assured that you won’t get in trouble if you do so – this is not a trick.
“There are lots of reasons why someone might want to visit one of our drop-off points, whether that’s to safely discard a blade they’ve just found, or to rid themselves of one that belongs to them.
“Certain offensive weapons, like zombie knives, knuckledusters and friction lock batons, are also now illegal to be kept in people’s homes – whereas they weren’t before – so the bins offer a way to safely hand those in too.
“This initiative has directly led to us seizing hundreds of unwanted blades in the past, so hopefully we’ll see similar results this time around.”
Lets hope no one steals it !
do not make me laugh oxclose lane nick has not opened its doors for 10 or more years ha ha