Knife crime is currently widespread in the United Kingdom. Surprisingly, people involved in such a crime are usually kids and teenagers. To help stop the cases of knife-related crimes among youngsters, Crimestoppers UK is urging all kids to tip-off the police on which of their classmates carry a knife to school by simply sending an email.
Send tip-off via Shadow CS
The website that kids need to visit when they want to tip-off their knife-carrying classmates is Shadow CS: an interactive website that encourages young people to get involved in discussions about crime. To start sending the email, kids only need to click on the “Give Information About Crime Anonymously by Clicking Here” flash ad on the Shadow CS homepage.
Clicking the “Give Information About Crime Anonymously by Clicking Here” flash ad on Shadow CS homepage will redirect the kids to the report page of Crimestoppers UK. The report page contains several fields where the kids can enter all the information they know about their knife-carrying classmates: the date (and if possible, the time) when the crime happened and the place where the crime took place. They also need to check the small box below the previously mentioned field to confirm that the form to be submitted is not being used to report something that needs urgent police attention. When they are satisfied with their answers, the kids just need to click the “SUMBIT” button to send their report.
Stay anonymous through encryption connection
The good thing about the Crimestoppers UK report page is that the identity of the kids who provided information about their knife-carrying classmates will remain anonymous. This is possible because the information they provided are all submitted over an encrypted connection.