'What's the point?' asks knife awareness campaign
Humberside Police is backing a national drive to surrender knives and make the streets safer
Humberside Police is urging anyone in possession of dangerous blades to hand them in at a police station, with no questions asked, all this week.
The next seven days mark a national awareness campaign that aims to reduce the number of weapons being carried on the streets.
Amnesty bins have been placed in these police stations: Grimsby Victoria, Hull Osbourne Street, Hull Clough Road, Bridlington, Driffield, Pocklington, Goole, Beverley, Scunthorpe and Barton.
Officers have stressed that handing in a weapon under Operation Sceptre is completely anonymous.
Chief Inspector Tim Harrison, who is leading the operation, said: ““Knife crime presents very real dangers and puts people at risk of serious harm.
“I want to make it clear to people that they can take a knife, or other weapon, to any of the mentioned stations and simply go in and deposit it in the knife bin.
"There are no forms to complete, and no one should need to make any record of you being there.
“We just want to get as many unused knives and weapons out of circulation as possible, so that cannot get into the wrong hands and be used in crime."
The force added that it will be carrying out "weapon sweeps" in the area, and will be speaking to young people in schools about the dangers of possessing knives.