Week of action focuses on serious violence

It’s another #MatterOfPriority week of action for Northamptonshire Police, with serious violence being the focus.

Led by Chief Inspector James Willis, the week will once again raise awareness of the work going on across the county to tackle serious violence, both from an enforcement point of view, but also from a preventative one.

Chief Inspector Willis, said: “This twelve-week campaign has highlighted all four of Northamptonshire Police’s priorities – drug harm, violence against women and girls, serious and organised crime, and serious violence.

“This week focuses on serious violence and a whole calendar of events is planned to highlight the work going on to tackle this issue.”

During the week of action, various enforcement operations are planned as well as more day-to-day activity including knife amnesties, test purchase operations, talks in schools and leaflet drops.

Chief Inspector Willis has also worked with Premier League Kicks to organise a football tournament for young people during the week.

Kicks is a programme which aims to use the reach and appeal of the Premier League and network of professional football clubs to regularly engage children and young people in football, sport and personal development.

Chief Inspector Willis added: “I’d also like to take this opportunity to ask that any members of the public who may have information relating to serious violence in their community, to contact us. Your community intelligence could be vital and will allow us to build up a bigger picture of what is going on in our county and where we need to focus our resources in the future.

“Finally, though lots of work will be taking place this week, I would like to reassure the community that all the work you’ve been seeing in the past twelve weeks happens all the time and we will continue pushing hard to make Northamptonshire a safer place for all.”