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Vermont, Servator and Sceptre: How police operations get their distinctive names

Merseyside Police have recently taken action in Operation Vermont and Operation Sceptre

Liverpool Echo · May 28, 2023

Cops arrest 28 and seize 180 weapons in knife crime crackdown

Operation Sceptre saw Greater Manchester Police officers take action against knife crime in the region

Manchester Evening News · May 27, 2023

Northumbria Police recovers 470 knives and arrests 141 in knife crime clampdown

Operation Sceptre aims to reduce knife crime and serious violence through engaging with children and young people

Chronicle Live · May 25, 2023

Operation Sceptre: Met Police violent crime crackdown sees 280 knives seized in a week

Tactics included increased patrols in violence hotspots, warrants to target those known to carry knives and weapons sweeps in areas known for discarded knives

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Swords, hunting knives and machetes seized as almost 2,000 arrested in England and Wales

Razor blades fixed to toothbrushes also seized in Operation Sceptre

Wales Online · May 26, 2022

National crackdown sees 9,000 knives seized

GMP participated in Operation Sceptre

Manchester Evening News · May 26, 2022

Operation Sceptre sees almost 2,000 arrests and thousands of knives seized

The operation was undertaken by all 43 forces in England and Wales, as well as the British Transport Police.

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022