Far North Police have located seven weapons after conducting 1083 wandings since 18 July, as part of Operation Marshall.
Operation Marshall involves proactive, high-visibility patrols in public areas, where police use hand-held scanners to wand or detect illegal weapons under Jack's Law.
Officers from Surfers Paradise Station have travelled to the Far North this week, to educate local police and the community about Jack's Law and the dangers of knife violence.
Jack's Law was introduced in response to the tragic stabbing death of 17-year-old Jack Beasley at Surfers Paradise in 2019.
Surfers Paradise Officer in Charge Senior Sergeant Brad Rix said police are seeing a positive response from communities across Queensland.
"The response from shop owners, businesses and members of the public has been very positive with most people either admitting to having a weapon on them, and willingly providing it to police," Senior Sergeant Rix said.
"We will continue our work across the state and with Brett and Belinda Beasley to prevent knife violence and keep Queenslanders safe."
Cairns City Patrol Group Inspector Jamie Horn said he was pleased that out of almost 500 wandings in the last week, only one weapon was detected.
"The Cairns community has responded incredibly well to Operation Marshall, we have seen considerably less weapons located over the last week," Inspector Horn said.
"I want to thank our officers for their dedication to educating people about Jack's Law and keeping these dangerous weapons out of our shopping centres, Safe Night Precincts, public transport stops and other public areas."
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