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24
Jun 2021
Police issue knife warning in Harrogate district schools
Harrogate police urge parents to have 'difficult conversations' with children after recording five incidents of children carrying knives in schools since September.
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Police are urging parents to have "difficult conversations" with children after a spate of knife incidents in Harrogate district schools.
North Yorkshire Police said it was aware of five incidents of knives being brought into schools since September.
They include children flashing knives in the playground to other students.
Boys and girls had both been involved.
Officers said that, while the number of cases were high, no pupils or staff had been harmed or threatened.
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Police Constable Colin Steele, from Harrogate neighbourhood policing team said:
“Not only are young people risking their life, and the lives of other students and teaching staff by carrying a knife, they are also showing a disregard for their own futures.
“Carrying a knife on school premises is a serious offence and a conviction for such an offence can stay with you for life.
“I encourage the parents and guardians of young people to have what can be a difficult conversation with their children around the dangers of carrying knives and the real implications this can have on their child’s future.”
The police praised teaching staff for identifying children carrying knives at school.
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