Toughest Schools to Get Full-Time Police Presence ; EDUCATION Teachers and Officers Welcome Proposals to Forge Stronger Links as Part of Pounds 10m Crackdown on Street Crime Linked to Truancy

Cassidy, Sarah, The Independent (London, England)

UNIFORMED POLICE officers are to be stationed in some of England's toughest schools in a crackdown on truancy and crime announced by the Government yesterday.

Under the pounds 10m plan, police patrols will become a familiar sight for pupils at up to 400 primary and secondary schools in England's most crime- ridden areas from September.

All schools will be encouraged to forge closer links with local police forces, and children as young as five, who are at risk of becoming truants or petty criminals, will be targeted by teams of social workers and education welfare officers in primary schools.

Up to 70 secondary schools and their feeder primary schools …

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Publication information: Article title: Toughest Schools to Get Full-Time Police Presence ; EDUCATION Teachers and Officers Welcome Proposals to Forge Stronger Links as Part of Pounds 10m Crackdown on Street Crime Linked to Truancy. Contributors: Cassidy, Sarah - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: April 3, 2002. Page number: 4. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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