To think this is a poor response

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Coralreefs · 19/08/2023 22:28

From local police. DS’s who are 12 and 13 were playing in local woods next to a children’s park and found a large knife hidden in a sock which was hidden under something else. Local police say just dispose of it safely in our bin. Given the rise in knife crime surely this is a poor response from them? It had clearly been hidden there for a reason

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Coralreefs · 19/08/2023 22:31

The sock was a teen size Nike sock

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DeadbeatYoda · 19/08/2023 22:34

I'd just take it to a police station and let them deal with it, they wouldn't be allowed to just bin it.

Hellocatshome · 19/08/2023 22:40

DeadbeatYoda · 19/08/2023 22:34

I'd just take it to a police station and let them deal with it, they wouldn't be allowed to just bin it.

Thats exactly what they would do. There isn't the funds to go running fingerprints and DNA tests on random knives that have been found. If they were looking for one their response would have been different.

We had a knife thrown into our yard by a teenager running away from some other teenagers. We were told just to bin it.

KrisAkabusi · 19/08/2023 22:46

Genuinely wondering what you thought they would do?

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