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Good afternoon Resident
We’ve arrested more than 70 suspects as our operation to crack down on violence and serious organised crime in Wolverhampton continues.
We launched Op Redfox in April as we understand the concerns our communities have about violence in public spaces in our city.
Such activity is never acceptable and Operation Redfox is focusing specific activity in areas where we know there’s increased risk of violence.  Through #OpRedfox we're acting on information to execute warrants, carry out proactive operations and have high visibility in hotspot areas. This includes in and around the city centre, Whitmore Reans, East Park, Heath Town, Bilston and Dunstall. In the last six weeks our teams have arrested 61 people on suspicion of offences including possessing a weapon and disorder. A further 13 arrests were made during last month's Sceptre week, the nationwide initiative tackling knife crime and making our communities safer.
As Op Redfox continues, Wolverhampton officers are out on regular high-visibility patrols and weapons sweeps with more than 130 stop and searches being carried out and 20 weapons, including knives, baseball bats and a crossbow, being seized.
We want our open spaces to remain places for everyone to enjoy and feel safe in and we’ve brought in additional resources to identify those involved in serious organised crime locally.
We're also educating young people with our schools teams delivering inputs at primaries, secondaries and colleges across the city, with more than 1,450 students and staff hearing about the realities and perils of carrying knives and getting involved in County Lines and drug dealing activity.
As part of Op Redfox we are urging local people to support our work by sharing information they may have about local gang activity or crime across the city.
Our position is clear, gang activity, carrying weapons or getting involved in organised crime – such as drug dealing – is not glamorous and can put lives at risk, including your own. Possession of a firearm carries a minimum five year sentence and by getting involved in any associated crime you face going to prison and having a criminal record, which impacts on your life prospects. If your friend or loved one is involved they run the risk of lengthy prison sentences and serious injury as a result of their actions. It’s not worth the risk.
If you have information you can submit this in the dedicated Operation Redfox Portal: https://mipp.police.uk/operation/20HQ25C11-PO1
If you want to speak to someone contact West Midlands Police call 101 anytime quoting Op Redfox or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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