ENGLAND
In 2002, the government decided to station police officers in 100 schools in inner-city areas to crack down on truancy and youth crime and offer advice on issues such as bullying. The Safer Schools Partnership, which cost £10m, was introduced by the Home Office, the Department for Education and Skills, and the Youth Justice Board. How the partnership works depends on the school and the local policing strategy - it can see a police officer based full-time in a school or police officers seconded to behaviour and education support teams. One of the measures now proposed by the Home Office is to give schools in areas with high rates of knife crime an assigned police officer.
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