An extra £3 million to keep young people safe in the ten Tackling Knives Action Programme police forces was announced today by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, as part of the Government’s wider action on youth crime. Earlier this year, the Home Secretary outlined plans to focus a programme of action on knife crime and announced an initial investment of £2 million. The ten areas taking part in the Tackling Knives Action Programme are London, Essex, Lancashire, West Yorkshire, Merseyside, the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Nottinghamshire, South Wales and Thames Valley. Today’s new money will go towards rolling out: After-school patrols: a visible police presence on the routes to and from schools; Safer School Partnerships: a dedicated police officer allocated to a school or group of schools to promote safety and work with young people at risk of victimisation, offending, poor behaviour or attendance; and Operation Staysafe: police using safeguarding laws to remove young people at risk from the streets at night and take them to a place of safety.

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21 October 2008
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