Community support is being acknowledged in helping Nottinghamshire Police recover a record number of weapons during the nationwide ‘Operation Sceptre’ week of action last month.
Officers reveal that, across our county, more than 1,000 weapons were taken out of circulation. 949 were handed in through the knife amnesty, between the 16th and 22nd September, and the rest through weapons sweeps, targeted operations and stop and search activity.
Inspector Craig Berry of Rushcliffe Police reports that a number of knives were handed in to West Bridgford Police station – whilst a machete was recovered in nearby Edwalton and has been destroyed. However, it’s not believed any knives or other bladed weapons were found in Ruddington.
“I am pleased to advise that all front line officers, including those on Rushcliffe, are being given additional lifesaving training to deal with serious injuries” says Inspector Berry. “This includes training on how to use tourniquets and packing wounds to stop major bleeds which could help prevent fatalities while paramedics are travelling to an incident. Each patrol vehicle will have a medical pack that are already placed in our response vehicles.”
As September’s crime statistics for Ruddington are released, the Inspector adds: “We are regularly asking for help from the public to identify suspects in crimes, we ask that you take time to look at these requests and contact us if you are able to identify anyone we wish to speak with, please follow the instructions on each request”.
The full list of reported Ruddington crimes from 1st – 30th September is below:
- 5th Overnight on Camelot Street a van was stolen by unknown means.
- 9-11th Over the dates stated four vehicles were broken into one being a van on Flawforth lane the remaining three were cars where entry was by smashing a window, two on Asher Lane and one on Davidson Gardens.
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Four of September’s eighteen incidents in Ruddington were further thefts from Loughborough Road Filling Station 11th A male and female entered the petrol station on Loughborough Road and stole drinks to the value of £3.
- 12th A female entered Sainsbury’s and stole £40 of goods.
- 13th Vehicle filled up with £71 of fuel at the petrol station on Loughborough Road and made off without making payment
- 15th Vehicle broken into via a smashed window whilst parked on Mere Way.
- 15th Male entered Sainsbury’s and stole meat to the value of £50
- 22nd A vehicle was stolen from Wilford Road by unknown means and was subsequently located in East Leake.
- 24th A container on Flawforth Lane was broken into and a vehicle was seen and made off. Subsequently arrests have been made.
- 26th-28th Three cars have had their number plates stolen whilst parked – one on Asher Lane, one on Tongue way and one on Parkyns Street. At the same time a car was also broken into on Parkyns Street.
- 28th Two further drive-offs from the petrol station on Loughborough Road .
If you have information about any of these incidents, saw something suspicious, or may have captured CCTV footage that could help, you’re asked to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101 – or you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
