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Police issued with advice packs in battle to prevent youth crime

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Police officers are to be encouraged to embrace the Every Child Matters agenda as part of a national strategy to stop youth crime.

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is to produce neighbourhood policing kits to help officers prevent young people from offending.The kits will contain an information pack for quick advice on situations that frontline police officers may find themselves in with young people, so they can refer to ACPO guidance easily.

Officers will also receive a 42-page document outlining all relevant policing and government policy in a way that is easy to understand.

Inspector Ian Carter, programme manager for the ACPO youth issues group, said one of the aims of the toolkit was for police to get better acquainted with government youth policy.

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