New powers will allow police to "keep the pressure" on those in possession of weapons including zombie knives.
Yesterday's pilot launch of Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) provides police with "another tool to target high-risk offenders", said a senior officer. Superintendent Phil Mullally, Merseyside Police's lead for Serious Violence and Knife Crime, told the ECHO the scheme would help the "whole-system approach to address the complex issues" around knife crime in Merseyside.
Between 2019 and January this year, over 10,000 weapons were seized and 3,000 arrests were made for serious violence offences. Operation Target, the force's operation targeting knife crime, has worked in partnership with the UK's Border Force to crack down on the importation of illegal weapons.
