Flat-Pack Metal Detectors, Newest Weapon Against Knife Crime

Metropolitan police introduced new 'flat-pack' metal detectors to the streets of Greenwich last Saturday night. Unsuspecting pedestrians were met with a pack of policeman and a strange black plastic doorway. The metal detectors are made out of crate like squares and fitted together. People coming to and from pubs and train stations willingly tried them out. After a few tries, the police realised they had it the wrong way round, and readjusted accordingly. Police said it was being used for the first time to help target those carrying illegal weapons. It is also so that once the machine beeps, they have the right to search members of the public for illegal drugs. Upon asking a young man called Kurtis if it made him feel safer he said: 'On this particular street yes, but it doesn't stop me getting stabbed around the corner.' For now they are being trialed but may become a regular occurrence for the streets of London.