United Kingdom Knife-Detection Measures

United Kingdom Knife-Detection Measures: Your Experiences as a Kirpan-Wearing Sikh

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Please Select One of the Choices *	I am narrating my experience I am narrating the experience of another I am narrating a joint experience (with others)
Is the Person who Experienced the Knife-Detection Measures a Kirpan-Wearing Sikh? *	Yes No
Please Describe the Knife-Detection Measure Used *
Were the Knife-Detection Measures carried out because of a Random Stop and Search? * If No, Describe the Circumstances under Which the Knife-Detection Measures were Carried Out	Yes No
Were you allowed to continue wearing your Kirpan? * If No, Please specify what happened	Yes No
How Would you Rate the Experience you are Narrating of the Knife-Detection Measures? (1 being Very Positive, 5 being Very Negative) *	1 2 3 4 5
What was the Response of the Person(s) Carrying out the Knife-Detection Procedure to You or to the Person you are Reporting About? (Please Tick All that Apply) *	He/She immediately recognised I was a Sikh He/She recognised I was a Sikh, after I showed him/her my Article(s) of Faith He/She was aware I was wearing a Kirpan as a requirement of my Faith He/She knew about the significance of the Kirpan to a Sikh He/She knew I had a legal right to wear my Kirpan He/She was prepared to listen to why I wore the Kirpan He/She had basic Knowledge of Sikhi He/She Respected me as a Sikh He/She Handled my Kirpan with Respect He/She returned my Kirpan to me and allowed me to continue wearing it He/She gave me privacy Other (Please Specify) He/She had no idea that I was a Sikh He/She was not aware of my Articles of Faith He/She did not have basic knowledge of Sikhi He/She was not aware of the legal exemption for the Kirpan He/She confiscated my Kirpan He/She returned my Kirpan to me, but did not allow me to continue wearing it He/She was not prepared to listen or try and understand why I wore the Kirpan He/She neither respected me as a Sikh nor was he/she prepared to Know about Sikhi He/She Should have shown more respect for my Kirpan/Article of Faith (Please Specify) He/She Should have given me more privacy (Please Specify) Other (Please Specify)
Who Carried Out Knife-Detection Measures? (Please Tick All that Apply) *	Officer in the British Transport Police Other Police Officer Station Personnel Don't Know Other (Please Specify)

Title *
Name of Person Encountering the Knife-Detection Measures *
Age Range of Persons Encountering Knife-Detection Measures *
Name of Station where Knife-Detection Measures Equipment were Encountered *
Email of the Person Experiencing Knife-Detection Measures *
City/Street where the Encounter took place *
County where the Encounter took place *
Telephone Number of the Person Experiencing Knife-Detection Measures *
Date of the Experience (s) *
Do you Wear a Turban? *	Yes No
Other Comments (include Comments made by Person Carrying out Knife-Detection Measures)
Suggestions for Improving the Knife-Detection Measures
Date of Reporting to Us *