Rookie cops in Scotland have been scouring Facebook and other social networking sites to find pictures of youths wielding violent weapons like knives, in a bid to cut teen violence.
Much of the time the young people, evidently unaware that their acts of bravado are available to all and sundry, are posing in a public place such as a park, which is an illegal offence. If they are at home, the cops pay a visit to the teen and their parents.
Constable Holly McGee, 18, told BBC Newsbeat: "We're looking for anyone who is brandishing offensive weapons or blades. We take the date, the time, detail of what's in the photograph, [then] a copy of the photograph is printed out and thereafter it's all sent to the gangs task force unit."
Operation Access, as the project is called, has led to the questioning of 400 teenagers and has been declared a success.
Source: BBC Newsbeat
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