Knife-bank bid to take weapons off streets
Date published: 29 August 2014
Greater Manchester Police has joined a national campaign to tackle knife crime.
The British Ironwork Centre’s campaign was launched in Birmingham on Friday under the slogan “Save a Life, Surrender Your Knife”.
The scheme is expected to spread across major cities as youngsters are encouraged to stop carrying knives and to give them up in return for a hoodie bearing the campaign slogan. GMP has committed to launching a knife bank in Greater Manchester later this year.
Surrendered knives will be used to create a spectacular angel statue in memory of those whose lives have been lost in knife-related crime.
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