The FAKE (Firearms and Knife crime Education programme) has been running across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight since July 2007.
As part of the campaign, we are actively engaging with the community to reduce both gun and knife incidents and stop them from happening in the first place.
Since the campaign began the FAKE presentation has been delivered to over 50,000 young people, principally within secondary schools and other youth groups. This number increases weekly.
Almost 70% of all incidents that Hampshire Constabulary's firearms officers attend involve knives and imitation firearms. One hour of policing a firearms incident costs the equivalent of 27 hours of local beat policing.
Some of the guns that we seize from young people are so realistic that a firearms officer would not immediately be able to decide if they were real. Firearms officers have to treat every gun incident as if the weapon is a real one. Our concern is that a young person will find themselves confronted by armed police.
Currently, Hampshire Constabulary is working with Play Radio to reduce knife crime in Southampton. Click here to listen to the radio advert.
Click here to contact the FAKE team.
Click here to download the FAKE logo.
Click here to download and print the FAKE resource pack.
Click here to view the FAKE calendar.
Click here to view the FAKE videos used during the presentation on the Hampshire Constabulary YouTube page.
Click here to see if you can tell the difference between a fake gun and a real gun.
Click here to visit the It Doesnt Have to Happen Bebo page.
Click here to visit the Hampshire Constabulary Facebook page.
Click here to visit the Crimestoppers website
