Issue - meetings

            The Board received a presentation from PC Jane Tetlow which provided Members with an oversight into the role of the Youth Engagement Officer, Safer Schools Partnership. Halton had two Officers and the Youth Engagement Officer for Widnes, PC Jane Tetlow, was in attendance and provided examples of her work to support educational establishments, staff, pupils and the community locally.

            Members noted that the Safer Schools & Young Person’s Partnership also involved multi agency working and fostering positive relationships between the schools and police service. One of the main roles of the Partnership was to provide the young people of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington with the relevant tools to facilitate self-awareness and self-insight. This would enable them to make informed decisions to avoid becoming offenders or victims of crime.  

            RESOLVED: That

1.    the report be noted; and

2.    the potential of a Topic Group be explored which would consider practical steps the Local Authority could take to ban ‘in school time’ use of mobile phones as a means to encouraging a safer school environment.