Want to make a difference and reduce youth-related gun and knife crime in your area?

Since South Yorkshire Police introduced the Guns and Knives Take Lives initiative, youth-related gun and knife crime in South Yorkshire has dropped by 82 per cent. Now, you can get the Guns and Knives Take Lives package for your area, for just £2,995 plus VAT.

West Midlands Police, Merseyside Police and Police Service of Northern Ireland are already seeing the benefit of using the Guns and Knives Take Lives package.

"We have seen the real impact of this approach in reducing the need to deploy firearms officers to incidents involving young people. I am anticipating that we can translate the successes seen in South Yorkshire to the streets of the West Midlands through this package."
Chief Inspector Paul Minor, West Midlands Police.

"I would like to congratulate the officers involved for the groundbreaking work being done to raise awareness of the dangers of firearms. The presentation I attended was excellent and I will be referring the Guns and Knives Take Lives initiative to other constabularies around the country as best practice."
Chrissie Hall, found of the Gun Countrol Network.

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Listen to a Hallam FM feature on Guns and Knives Take Lives

The package contains:

• all slides for a 90-minute presentation including selected media files
• professionally produced example artwork
• booking system to manage abstractions
• step-by-step presentation guide and short demo disc
• strategic and operational planning guide
• learning and education materials (plus electronic files for reproduction)
• advice leaflet (plus electronic files for reproduction)

The initiative was introduced in 2005 and since then has gone from strength to strength and is now considered as core business in South Yorkshire. Now, the Guns and Knives Take Lives team made up of ten officers and staff, engage with more than 20,000 young people every year, on top of their day jobs at minimal abstraction and cost. Further demand has seen the team present at numerous colleges, partnership events and youth services, plus the team has been asked to work with other forces using this successful model. If you wish to come and see the presentation delivered at one of our South Yorkshire schools, just get in touch - all the dates can be found here.

In addition if you would like officers from South Yorkshire Police's Guns and Knives Take Lives team to deliver a one-off presentation in one school in your force area this can be arranged at a cost of £1,800.

For more info email info@gunsandknivestakelives.com