🚔 Knife Crime Reduction in Chatham 🚔

🚔 Knife Crime Reduction in Chatham 🚔

I wanted to provide you with an update regarding Knife crime, which people around your area have highlighted as an issue of concern on the priority survey.

Chatham officers have recently located two large knives within the central area of Chatham. Thankfully, these weapons have been safely recovered and removed from our streets.

Our officers remain committed to tackling knife crime, reducing violence, and protecting the communities of Chatham. Every knife removed is a positive step towards keeping residents, businesses, and visitors safe.

⚠️ If you find a knife or weapon: ❌ Do not touch, pick up, or move it unless there is an immediate risk to someone's safety. ✅ Move away from the item and keep others away from the area if possible. ✅ Contact police via 101 and provide the exact location. ✅ If there is an immediate threat to life or risk of harm, call 999 immediately.

📢 How to report concerns about knife crime: • Report information to Kent Police via 101. • Use our online reporting services through the Kent Police website. • In an emergency, always dial 999. • Information can also be provided anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online.

Knife crime has no place in our community. Chatham officers continue to proactively patrol hotspots, gather intelligence, and take action to remove weapons from our streets. Working together with residents, we can help keep Chatham safe and protect those most vulnerable from harm.

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Knife crime can destroy lives and fracture communities and disproportionately blights the lives of the young and disadvantaged. Incidents have risen in recent years and tackling knife crime is one of policing’s top priorities.

Knife crime – a problem solving guide has been produced in collaboration with the National Police Chiefs' Council and through consultation with 24 police forces and violence reduction units in England and Wales.

Using a problem-solving approach to tackling the issue, the guide contains:

• broad approaches that are effective in tackling knife crime, including good practice from across the UK.
• a practical toolkit of tactics to use, such as interventions in schools, weapon sweeps and focused deterrence
• advice on how to use data to tailor a response to local problems.

If you ever experience this issue or have information regarding an incident, please report it using our online reporting tools at https://www.kent.police.uk, speak to an operator in our Force Communications Room via our online web chat or call the non-emergency number 101.

Alternatively, you can stay 100 per cent anonymous by contacting the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via their untraceable online form at crimestoppers-uk.org.

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