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| Metal detectors plan for schools | Metal detectors plan for schools |
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| Metal detectors are to be installed at hundreds of schools in England as part of a drive to reduce knife crime. | Metal detectors are to be installed at hundreds of schools in England as part of a drive to reduce knife crime. |
| The measure is included in a government plan to be announced next month to deal with violent behaviour. | The measure is included in a government plan to be announced next month to deal with violent behaviour. |
| The airport-style search arches may be introduced at the some of the country's toughest secondary schools in London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. | The airport-style search arches may be introduced at the some of the country's toughest secondary schools in London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. |
| The plan is reported to have the backing of senior police officers and head teachers. | The plan is reported to have the backing of senior police officers and head teachers. |
| 'Responsive policing' | 'Responsive policing' |
| I want young people to know that it doesn't make them safer to carry a knife Home Secretary Jacqui Smith | |
| They are said to have told Home Secretary Jacqui Smith that the efficiency of the detectors in dealing with knife crime outweighed any concerns regarding pupil privacy. | They are said to have told Home Secretary Jacqui Smith that the efficiency of the detectors in dealing with knife crime outweighed any concerns regarding pupil privacy. |
| Ms Smith told BBC One's the Andrew Marr show: "I think that it's a good idea if we look at the ways in which in some schools it might be appropriate to use search arches - because I want young people to know that it doesn't make them safer to carry a knife. | |
| "It actually makes them more likely to be a victim." | |
| John Dunford, general secretary of the Secondary Heads Association, told the Observer newspaper: "There are schools serving areas where knife crime is high in the community and it's right that these schools take measures to protect pupils, but this is a very small number." | John Dunford, general secretary of the Secondary Heads Association, told the Observer newspaper: "There are schools serving areas where knife crime is high in the community and it's right that these schools take measures to protect pupils, but this is a very small number." |
| A Home Office spokesman said: "More detail will be available in the Tackling Violence Action Plan which the Home Secretary will publish in the next few weeks. | A Home Office spokesman said: "More detail will be available in the Tackling Violence Action Plan which the Home Secretary will publish in the next few weeks. |
| "We are continuing to tackle knife crime through responsive policing, and prevention projects which provide diversionary activities, training, peer mentoring and education projects." | "We are continuing to tackle knife crime through responsive policing, and prevention projects which provide diversionary activities, training, peer mentoring and education projects." |