Category Archives: Police forces
Crimewatch Support Campaign
BBC Crimewatch adds backing to tackle knife crime. Today, we’ve heard from the BBC Crime Watch team. We are thrilled to understand that they are throwing their weight behind the national effort to reduce the growing statistics in knife crime. It’s hoped, that Crime Watch will spearhead the installation of more knife banks in our […]
Dudley and Solihull Knife Banks
Knife banks for Dudley and Solihull are finished and ready. West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, David Jamieson visited the Ironworks last week, to solidify ongoing support in tackling the rise in crime. With all violent and aggressive incidents continuing to increase, the British Ironworks has vowed to upgrade its support being placed behind West […]
Yorkshire and Manchester Collections
Last week saw momentous collections from 3 Police forces including South Yorkshire Police, West Yorkshire Police and Greater Manchester Police. It’s fantastic to have these the forces proactively collecting knives and weapons off the streets of the UK and making their regions more aware on the affects of knife crime and violence. This now concludes […]
Kent Police collection
We have now collected all knives and weapons from Kent Police which are to contribute to the National Monument Against Violence and Aggression. The number of knives and weapons we collect from each force is always a surprise and we are glad that these weapons are now off the streets of the UK. We hope […]
City of London Police collection
Last week we carried out a collection from City of London Police collecting knives the force had gathered off the streets of London. We thank City of London for their support in spreading awareness on the affects of Knife crime and Violence and their contribution to our soon to be truly national cause gives us […]
Surrey Police Knife Collection
We travelled south last week to collect knives and weapons surrendered from Surrey Police. A number of knives and weapons were collected in support of our campaign and we thank Surrey police for their contributions to this national project. The force have been a huge help to us in getting in touch with the final […]
North Yorkshire Knife Collection
Our trip up North on Thursday saw us collect knives and weapons from North Yorkshire Police. The force had carried out an amnesty across the region and the collection of weapons filled our vehicle for the journey back to Shropshire. We want to thank North Yorkshire for their support during our campaign and this is […]
Cleveland Police collection
Yesterday saw the collection of knives and weapons from Cleveland Police at their Middlesborough headquarters. The force have collected over 400 knives from amnesties and surrenders from across the county. We want to thank Cleveland Police for their dedication in tackling knife crime. Just like all of the other forces we have worked with, the […]
Another Force has joined the Knife Angel campaign!
South Wales Police yesterday became the latest police force to join our National campaign, to remove a quarter of a million knives and weapons off the streets of the UK in the creation of The National Monument against Violence and Aggression -…. We travelled to the forces Bridgend property stores to collect a number of […]
Knife detection arch installed in Knife Angel’s home town
A knife detection arch will now be used in pubs and clubs in the town of Oswestry in a bid to increase public safety during nights out. The aim of the arch is to make sure knives do not find their way into pubs and clubs in the town. With Oswestry being the home of the […]