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INDEPENDENT, UK - Parents will be told that they must allow their
children to be searched at any time within school premises if they want
to get them into the schools of their choice, under new plans to rid
Britain's classrooms of the scourge of knives.
The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, will put the battle against illegal
weapons at the top of her agenda when she unveils her Tackling Violence
Action Plan tomorrow. The blueprint for tackling knife-related violence
will include a radical move to give police hundreds of metal detectors
to catch young people carrying hidden weapons in schools, clubs and
pubs.
The proposal to introduce "airport-style" security, particularly in
schools identified as facing the greatest danger from the knife-crime
epidemic, represents a remarkable U-turn for the Government, which had
previously dismissed the idea as an overreaction.
But the proposals will also shift more responsibility on to parents,
with a plan to make them sign up to tougher scanning and searching
policies as a condition of entry when their children first apply for a
school place. . .
An internal document obtained by The Independent on Sunday reveals that
the Government was fiercely against the move barely three years ago. The
briefing answered the issue of "body and bag scans at school gates" with
the declaration: "We are a long way from needing anything remotely like
this."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/
body-search-plan-to-fight-knife-crime-in-schools-783376.html
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INDEPENDENT, UK - Parents will be told that they must allow their
children to be searched at any time within school premises if they want
to get them into the schools of their choice, under new plans to rid
Britain's classrooms of the scourge of knives.
The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, will put the battle against illegal
weapons at the top of her agenda when she unveils her Tackling Violence
Action Plan tomorrow. The blueprint for tackling knife-related violence
will include a radical move to give police hundreds of metal detectors
to catch young people carrying hidden weapons in schools, clubs and
pubs.
The proposal to introduce "airport-style" security, particularly in
schools identified as facing the greatest danger from the knife-crime
epidemic, represents a remarkable U-turn for the Government, which had
previously dismissed the idea as an overreaction.
But the proposals will also shift more responsibility on to parents,
with a plan to make them sign up to tougher scanning and searching
policies as a condition of entry when their children first apply for a
school place. . .
An internal document obtained by The Independent on Sunday reveals that
the Government was fiercely against the move barely three years ago. The
briefing answered the issue of "body and bag scans at school gates" with
the declaration: "We are a long way from needing anything remotely like
this."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/
body-search-plan-to-fight-knife-crime-in-schools-783376.html
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