Police Community Liaison

We at YHT are very fortunate to have a dedicated school police liaison officer; PC Davies.

To give you more of an understanding as to what the police liaison officer does, these are the core responsibilities:

• Visible and familiar contact with the school by the individual officer who will be the main point of contact between the school, partners and police.

• Facilitation of crime enquires and initial investigation of appropriate crime reports, where the suspect or victim attends the school or where the school is the venue.

• Involvement in multi-agency case conferences and panels both within the school environment and outside for students coming to notice.

• Regular uniformed patrol on the routes to and from school and area surrounding the school to address issues such as anti-social behaviour and crime. Enhance close working links with local Safer Neighbourhoods team, Safer Transport Team or Transport Hub team where appropriate and other police and partner departments to develop problem-solving solutions to issues affecting the school and the community.

• Development and support for school safety plans including responses to critical and major incidents and implementing protocols for dealing with critical incidents.

• Exchange information in line with agreed protocols about issues concerning individual students raised either by the school or police and liaison between internal and external departments such as Public Protection Desk (PPD), Youth Offending Team (YOT), Youth Safety Assessment Toolkit (YSAT), police Priority and Prolific Offender (PPO) team.

PC Davies periodically comes into school during lunch breaks where there is the opportunity to chat with to her and exchange news. She is also involved in classroom discussions and presentations where appropriate.

If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch.

Areas that the Police Community Liaison officer can assist with are:

• Abusive relationships

• Drugs

• Alcohol

• Domestic Abuse

• Online and Digital Safety and Awareness

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