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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11683 and Warwickshire Police 11684
I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 16th April 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
you tell me, broken down by calendar year, how many police incidents involving imitation firearms were dealt with by your force from the 1 January 2013 - 1 April 2019?
In addition, of those incidents involving imitation firearms, how many prompted an armed police response?
When deciding what types of firearms to include in this data, please use the Home Office categories for this, which defines imitation firearms as:
- Imitation handgun
- BB gun/soft air weapon
- Deactivated firearm
- Blank firer
- Other imitation
REPLY:
West Mercia Police 11683
Calendar Year Number of Incidents Number which promoted involving imitation firearms armed response
2013 398 14
2014 347 103
2015 411 105
2016 454 110
2017 460 104
2018 491 142
2019 107 26
Warwickshire Police 11684
Calendar Year Number of Incidents Number which promoted involving imitation firearms armed response
2013 172 8
2014 181 47
2015 174 32
2016 145 32
2017 172 33
2018 182 30
2019 58 11