NEW Public Sector Scheme to Prevent Crime Occuring in the NTE
More than £4m will be poured into a new initiative to crack down on shootings, stabbings and other serious crime in Merseyside.
Merseyside Police has been given the Home Office grant from its £100m Serious Violence Fund.
It will be used to improve intelligence, pinpoint crime hotspots and issue frontline officers with metal detecting gloves.
Gun and knife crime rose by more than a third in Merseyside in 2018.
According to the government figures, knife crime in England and Wales rose to record levels last year.
Ch Supt Matt Boyle said Operation Target would put officers in places “that need them most”.