POLL: Do you feel safer knowing Nottinghamshire Police's Operation Sceptre took nearly 1,000 knives off the streets last week?

More than 1,000 weapons including Taser devices were recovered and 49 people were arrested during a week of action on knife crime.

Nottinghamshire Police officers stopped and searched 232 people and gave 58 educational awareness sessions to hundreds of schoolchildren and community groups throughout the national Operation Sceptre, from September 16-22.

Do you feel safer knowing nearly 1,000 knives are now off the streets? Have your say in our poll below.

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