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Autism restraint ruling prompts call for police training

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  • Friday, February 15, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Special educational needs (SEN) campaigners are calling for an urgent overhaul of police training, after the Court of Appeal ruled that officers breached the human rights of a young autistic boy when they restrained him.

Government announces stop and search shake-up

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  • Thursday, May 1, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Members of the public will be able to accompany police officers on patrol as part of a raft of measures being introduced by government to overhaul the use of stop and search powers.

Rotherham: The key questions answered

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  • Friday, August 29, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The child abuse scandal in Rotherham has shocked the nation and dominated the news agenda for several days. Here, CYP Now looks at the background to the independent inquiry, what questions it has answered and what issues still need to be resolved.

Crimestoppers slams 'anti-snitching' campaign

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  • Wednesday, April 13, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The Crimestoppers charity and its youth brand Fearless have hit out at reports that leaflets have been distributed urging people not to pass on information on recent shootings in London.

Quarter of a million children arrested each year

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  • Wednesday, May 11, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The Howard League for Penal Reform has called for restorative justice to replace "needless" arrests after obtaining figures that reveal a quarter of a million children are arrested each year.

Knife crime soars in the capital

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  • Thursday, November 17, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Knife crime in London has risen year-on-year by more than 15 per cent, the Metropolitan Police Service has confirmed.

Loughton fears backlash over youth PCC furore

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  • Monday, April 8, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Former children's minister Tim Loughton has called on police and crime commissioners to stick to plans to recruit young people in the wake of a media storm around the first youth police commissioner.