FOUR NEW WEAPON bins have been installed across the West Midlands in attempt to knuckle-down on knife crime.
Police and crime Commissioner, Simon Foster has now funded 30 surrender bins, with new ones being located in Coventry and Solihull.
The new bins are at Coventry Central Police Station and Solihull Railway Station.
The bins have been placed in a move to ‘prevent, tackle and reduce violence, protect people and save lives.’
The PCC said: “The four new weapon surrender bins being installed once again shows my commitment to prevent, tackle and reduce knife and gun crime in the West Midlands.
“In addition to robust policing to deal with people who are intent on causing harm to others, we also need to focus on prevention, early intervention, diversion and addressing the underlying causes of violence and knife crime. My Violence Reduction Partnership, set up in 2019, is at the forefront of this work.
He added: “The bins are providing people with a legal and safe way to dispose of knives, which they shouldn’t be carrying. Every knife placed in a surrender bin is potentially a life saved.”
Thousands of weapons have been surrendered since the first bins were placed.
Latest figures show as many as 659 weapons were deposited between April and June last year, which is roughly 55 a week on average.”
