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Shane Thomas Farmery, 33, died after being stabbed in an alleyway in Goole. His partner was seven months pregnant with twins at the time of the attack. A
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Robert Ryan, 22, was targeted outside a fish and chip shop in Liverpool and stabbed after his car window was smashed in a row including at least two people.
Scotland | 7 July 2006 | 11:42
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Police armed with glove metal detectors Scottish police try out a new glove which doubles as a metal detector in the fight against knife crime. Kevlar gloves will be used by some members of the Strathclyde Police and the Central Scotland team for the first time this weekend as a part of the Safer Scotland anti-violence campaign. The month-long enforcement phase follows on from the national knife amnesty which ended last week. |
Deputy head of the Violence Reduction Unit Karyn McCluskey said they were constantly looking at ways for new technology to detect weapons and remove them off the streets of Scotland, "these glovese will allow officers to search people in a safe and efficient manner."
Police officers scan people with the palms of their hands or fingertips and if metal is found the battery operated glove starts to vibrate inside the wrist area.
Ms McCluskey said the gloves have been tested in a training environment by officers but now "we will see how they perform on the street."
Lead officer for Safer Scotland Chief Inspector Bob Hutchinson said the feedback from officers using the gloves so far was positive.
More than 12,000 knives were returned to the Scottish police during the knife amnesty
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