Violent guns and knife crimes are skyrocketing around the world, and traditional police pat-down techniques – often seen as the most dangerous part of an officer’s daily activities – haven’t stemmed the increase.
In the UK, for example, an April 2025 article in The Standard cited a UK government National Statistics Office report showed a continuing increase in knife crimes throughout
Britain, with statics such as:
- Crimes involving knives or sharp instruments in 2024 increased by 2% (to 54,587 offenses), compared with the previous year (53,413 offenses)
- One third of UK knife crime happens in London, with an offense every 30 minutes.
- Met Police (London) recorded 16,789 offences involving a knife in 2024 –averaging around 46 offences in London every day
- Most knife-enabled crimes were assault with injury and assault with intent to cause serious harm (43%) and robbery (43%) offences
- Government has committed to halve Knife Crime in the next 10 years
During the last half of this year, Lassen Peak’s AirFrisk™ technology will begin helping police, military and corrections organizations stop and reverse the global upward trend
in violent crime. Packaging non-invasive scanning technology in a handheld device, AirFrisk enables officers to thoroughly search subjects for weapons from up to eight feet
away, substantially improving safety, while being respectful of citizen rights and the well-being of officers and society members, alike.
After seeing a demonstration of AirFrisk, the Rt Hon Chris Philp, 2024 U.K. Minister of Crime publicly identified the Lassen Peak technology as the type that could “have an enormous impact on public safety,” including stating the technology could “transform the police’s ability to take knives off the street.”
Watch this space to stay on top of Lassen Peak’s non-invasive search technology and our perspective on how we help address safety and civil rights challenges while improving police operations.
