Agenda Item No. 5 COUNCIL

REPORT BY DEPUTE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY AND REGULATION AND DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND LIFELONG LEARNING TO COUNCIL MEETING OF 8TH NOVEMBER 2007

SUBJECT: School Campus Police Officers

1. Purpose.

To introduce a presentation from Strathclyde Police on the role of the Campus Police Officer, to provide additional information on the consultation process and to consider a report previously submitted to the Leadership Panel of 29th August 2007.

2. Background.

The Leadership Panel at its meeting on 29th August 2007 agreed to delay making further recommendations on the issue of Campus Police Officers in schools in order to:-

• receive a presentation from Strathclyde Police on the role of the Campus Police Officer • allow further consultation with pupils, parents, teachers and community members on the proposal, and • refer the enclosed report for a decision to be taken by the full Council in November 2007

3. Considerations.

Pupils, teachers, parents and residents in the immediate school area have now been consulted on the proposal to introduce Campus Police Officers into the selected schools. All were given additional information on the proposed role of the officers and the impact that was expected as a result. Pupils in and were also given a presentation by an existing Campus Police Officer from North Ayrshire. The results were very strongly in favour of the proposal as is demonstrated in the following tables:-

Kyle Academy Kyle Academy - 500 responses Yes No Don't Know No. surveyed Yes Parents 98% 2% 0% 113 93%

Pupils 89% 11% 0% 302 Don't Teachers 97% 0% 3% 63 Know 0% Community 100% 0% 0% 22 No Total 93% 7% 0% 500 7%

Belmont Academy Yes No Don't Know No. surveyed - 449 responses Yes Parents 93% 4% 3% 351 94% Pupils -- - 0

Teachers 99% 0% 1% 70 Don't Community 89% 7% 4% 28 Know 3% Total 94% 3% 3% 449 No 3%

Ayr Academy Academy - 201 responses Yes No Don't Know No. surveyed Yes, Parents 99% 1% 1% 158 100% Pupils -- - 0 Don't Teachers 100% 0% 0% 27 Know , 0% Community 100% 0% 0% 16 No, 0% Total 100% 0% 0% 201

Marr College Marr College - 690 responses Yes No Don't Know No. surveyed Parents 96% 4% 0% 303 Yes, 96% Pupils 94% 6% 0% 292 Teachers 100% 0% 0% 69 Don't Know , 0% Community 100% 0% 0% 26

Total 96% 4% 0% 690 No, 4%

4. Resource Implications.

These are as detailed in the attached report to the Leadership Panel. Campus Police Officers in schools would be an additional community policing resource. There will be no reduction to the core service provided by the police.

5. Results of Public Consultation.

These are outlined above and in the attached report to the Leadership Panel.

6. Recommendations.

It is recommended that the Council hears the presentation by Strathclyde Police and approves the recommendations as detailed in the attached report referred by the Leadership Panel.

Background Papers. Campus Police Officers Group Minutes Campus Police Question & Answer Paper – Strathclyde Police

Person to Contact. Mike McCabe, Director Education Culture and Life Long Learning County Buildings, Ayr (tel. 612080) Louise Fyfe, Community Safety Manager, County Buildings, Ayr (tel. 616615),

Date. 25th October 2007

SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL

REPORT BY DEPUTE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY AND REGULATION AND DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND LIFELONG LEARNING TO LEADERSHIP PANEL OF 29th AUGUST 2007

SUBJECT: School Campus Police Officers

1. Purpose.

i. To advise the Leadership Panel of the action taken to address the points raised by the Learning and Prosperity Standing Scrutiny Panel at its meeting on 12th July 2007.

2. Background.

i. The learning and Prosperity Standing Scrutiny Panel, at its meeting on 12th July 2007, considered a joint report by the Depute Chief Executive and Director of Development, Safety and Regulation, the Director of Education, Culture and Lifelong Learning and the Director of Social Work, Housing and Health, on a Community Planning initiative to introduce Campus Police Officers into selected schools in South Ayrshire. The report (appendix 1) was approved by the Leadership Panel on 3rd July 2007. A briefing paper is included to update the Panel on the initiative (appendix 2)

ii. The Learning and Prosperity Standing Scrutiny Panel decided that the item should be referred back to the Leadership Panel with the recommendation that a decision be deferred until the following points had been addressed: -

• Full consultation with parents; • Establishing clear evaluation criteria; • Consideration of application of scheme to all schools; and • Joint agreement with the Police on future support / funding.

3. Considerations.

i. A multi-agency steering group has been leading in the development of the Campus Police Officers initiative. This steering group consists of the Director of Education, Culture and Lifelong Learning, the Community Policing Inspector, the Community Safety Manager, the Antisocial Behaviour Team Coordinator, the Head Teacher of Kyle Academy, the Regeneration Manager and the Lifelong Learning Project Coordinator. The Head Teachers from , Belmont Academy and Marr College have also been involved in the steering group, as have police officers from North Ayrshire Division and Strathclyde’s Violence

Reduction Unit. The group has considered the points raised by the Scrutiny Panel and are confident they are being addressed as follows.

ii. Full consultation with parents. The Head Teachers of the schools involved in the Campus Police Officers Project were involved in the development of the proposal and were consulted about the best way to involve pupils, teachers and parents/carers in developing the initiative. It was agreed that each school would make sure there was initial consultation before the end of the school term and that further, more detailed consultation would take place once the proposal was approved by the Leadership Panel. Initial consultation was to establish what pupils, teachers and parents/carers thought about the general principal of having Campus Police Officers in the schools and to address any immediate concerns they might have. These views are also important in establishing a base line for evaluation. A letter was drafted by the steering group (appendix 3) and was given to all Head Teachers for circulation. All schools confirmed a letter had been issued before the end of term. Details of the consultation process and results are attached. (appendix 4)

iii. Establishing clear evaluation criteria. A detailed analysis of youth incidents in and around schools was done to establish which schools should be involved in the initiative. A further analysis was done to establish a base line for evaluation of the initiative. (appendix 5) All youth disorder cases from the antisocial behaviour and the police STORM incidents databases were analysed between 1st Sept 2006 and 30th June 2007. Referrals from schools to the Antisocial Behaviour Team were also analysed and will form part of the baseline information for evaluation. Data from the individual schools initial consultation gives a baseline for evaluating changes in attitudes and perception. Some of this data has already been gathered and the rest will follow after the start of the new term. It was envisaged the Campus Police Officers would be involved in the development of establishing other baseline information but amended timescales will mean this will be done by members of the steering group. (appendix 6)

iv. Consideration of application of scheme to other schools. Strathclyde Violence Reduction Unit is supportive of the introduction of Campus Police Officers and is researching good practice with a view to making recommendations on the future development of the role within Strathclyde. It is anticipated that demand will increase as it becomes clearer that the role of the Campus Police Officer provides a positive and effective contribution to the local community. It is unlikely that every school in Strathclyde will require a Campus Officer and the Violence Reduction Unit suggests that profiles of the individual school catchment areas should be used to determine need. The initial need in South Ayrshire has been determined as Kyle Academy, Belmont Academy, Ayr Academy and Marr College. However, if the initiative proves to be as successful as anticipated then other schools will be reviewed for extension of the initiative.

v. Joint agreement with the police on future support / funding. The Police are fully supportive of the initiative and a letter of support is included to demonstrate their commitment to fund 50% of the costs. (appendix 7)

4. Resource Implications.

The resource implications for this initiative remain as reported to the Leadership Panel on 3rd July and are detailed below:

i. Costs for the four police officers for one year will be £120,000. The Police have

agreed to provide 50% of the funding for this initiative, and would like to see it developed as a full time initiative.

ii. £15,000 of funding for specific projects and activities developed by the police officers will be provided by the Antisocial Behaviour budget for 2007/08, and the individual schools will be asked to make a similar contribution.

iii. £60,000 p.a. match funding from South Ayrshire Council would allow this initiative to be developed.

iv. The project will be managed by a steering group involving partners, pupils and community representatives. Development work will require to be undertaken to establish and share information on the protocols and operational procedures that will be critical to maximising the success of the initiative.

5. Results of Public Consultation.

The consultation process is as detailed in the report and appendix 4

6. Recommendations.

It is recommended that £60,000 is approved as a contingency draw to allow this important Community Planning initiative to be progressed.

Background Papers. Campus Police Officers Group Minutes.

Person to Contact. Mike McCabe, Director Education Culture and Life Long Learning County Buildings, Ayr (tel. 612080) Louise Fyfe, Community Safety Manager, County Buildings, Ayr (tel. 616615),

Date. 20th August 2007

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Appendix 2

Campus Police Officers – Briefing Note

A new Community Planning Initiative Building Confidence between pupils, teachers, the police and the whole school community.

1. Curriculum for Excellence Curriculum for Excellence is the major curricular initiative in Scottish education at present. It has at the core of its objectives, the development of four capacities in all young people so that they become:

• responsible citizens; • active participants • confident individuals; and • successful learners

Curriculum for Excellence is based on the expectation that schools will extend the opportunities for personal development and growth beyond the formal classroom and that they will draw on a wider community expertise to enrich the provision that is available. The development of the campus police initiative would fit neatly with this philosophy since the school based police officer would be expected to generate activities and events that would be part of this approach and which provided opportunities to develop a more positive relationships with young people. The concept is about proactive prevention and the community taking its responsibilities seriously, it is not about reactive detection.

ECLL has already committed itself to an expansion of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, as part of the development of Curriculum for Excellence and the development of leadership opportunities utilising the residential base in the Dolphin house. These developments serve as useful examples of the kind of activities that could be developed through the arrangement.

In promoting responsible citizenship and active participation, secondary schools, and their feeder primaries can also play an important role in the promotion of community safety and in tackling antisocial behaviour both within the school itself and within the wider community.

2. Community Police Officers Community Police Officers already play a valuable role in the work of secondary and primary schools in South Ayrshire, with contributions to personal and social development programmes and also by establishing a positive image of the police service in the community.

As communities become more aware of the antisocial behaviour agenda there have been increasing concerns about the schools’ capacity and responsibility to respond to the wider communities’ expectations. Joint work with the police and with the antisocial behaviour team has taken place within some schools in South Ayrshire but to date this has been mainly as a response to problems identified by the school or the community themselves.

3. North Ayrshire Initiative In October 2005, North Ayrshire Safer Communities Group agreed to build on the current role of the community police and base three police officers within secondary schools in North Ayrshire as a comprehensive Community Safety Group funded three year project. The results from the initial evaluation of the project are extremely positive and the Campus Police Officers model is now being put forward for adoption as best practice by Strathclyde’s Violence Reduction Unit.

4. South Ayrshire Campus Police Proposal The partnership proposal to introduce campus police officers into four schools in South Ayrshire, Kyle Academy, Belmont Academy, Ayr Academy and Marr College, is modelled on the successful North Ayrshire initiative and is about continuing to work with our partners to reduce ASB and offending behaviour and to improve community safety in the communities where the need is greatest.

A key role for the Campus Police Officer will be to help establish trust and positive engagement with young people. The new Campus Police Officers will be firmly focused on providing support for the schools, pupils, teachers, parents and residents in the community as well as building and developing links between the young people and the police.

Their role will include – • Improving relationships between young people and the police • Engaging with young people and developing their role in the community • Problem solving in the school and community • Enabling local people to have more say in community safety issues in the school and community • Participating in the Pupil’s Council/Forum • Developing and delivering specific projects – e.g. internet safety, youth crime prevention, personal safety • Providing a visible presence in and around the school community • Linking young people to existing diversionary activities • Supporting and developing activities to address challenging behaviour • Linking young people to programmes and support already in place • Liasing with departments and organisations already involved in delivering programmes for young people (Mentoring, Street Working, Youth Groups etc) • Promoting a restorative justice approach to encourage young people to take responsibility for their school and community • Reducing the number of offences in the school locality • Increasing the number of pupils who feel safe in school • Taking part in joint support team meetings

In addition a Campus Officer will contribute to the child protection agenda and will be in a position to develop liaison between school nursing staff and social workers regarding child protection issues.

5. Analysis of Youth Disorder As community planning partners we are all quite clear that we are working to prevent crime and ASB. We are also aware that there is becoming a disproportionate amount of our own young people becoming involved in low level offending and antisocial behaviour.

A recent analysis of youth disorder incidents in and around schools shows that communities continue to be concerned about young people causing disturbances, hanging around shops, bus stops, doorways, throwing bottles etc. and disorder during school breaks. Incidents reported to the police show an increase in youth incidents since June 2005. The most common concerns are around missing persons, drinking in public and damage to property. Schools themselves are seeing a rise in youth incidents with the four suggested schools showing a rise of nearly 20% each year since 2005 in incidents which occur in and around the school. This not only puts a strain on communities and school resources, but also means resources from other services are having to be re channelled into dealing with these issues. (Police/Social Work/Neighbourhood services/ASB resources etc.

6. North Ayrshire Evaluation The most recent feedback from the North Ayrshire project is very positive and reports that

• pupils feel safer • relationships have improved (especially with some of the more challenging students) • there is less crime in the vicinity of the school (including a reduction in vandalism) • there is more involvement in community projects • there is a reduction in exclusions, and improvement in attendance

7. Quotes from North Ayrshire Campus Police Officers. There are three Campus Police Officers in North Ayrshire. All are keen to point out they are not security guards or teachers. PC Chalmers has set up a Youth Crime Prevention Panel with pupils. “I consider myself more of a problem solver when I’m building relations with the pupils. I’m pretty sure we’re not considered authoritarian figures.” PC Hill has set up a school football team. “I’m here to solve problems youngsters have in the wider community. The kids in the primaries will see me as a friendly face and I’ll get to know them before they make the jump to secondary school. If they have problems they’ll know I’m around to help” All three already think they have made a difference. “There’s been a marked reduction in the number of incidents at the school so it’s clear we have made a start”

Person to contact – Louise Fyfe, Community Safety Manager (616615) Mike McCabe, Director of ECCL (612080)

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Campus Cops: Analysis of Youth Incidents in around schools

Antisocial Behaviour Database

All Youth Disorder cases were analysed between 1 September 2006 and 30 June 2007.

Youth Disorder Cases • All cases investigated by the ASB team have involved pupils from Kyle, Belmont and Ayr Academy • The main complaint relates to them hanging around and causing a disturbance

Ref Date Month Description School Status Result Incidents No further 3777 11/09/2006 September-06 youth disorder Kyle Concluded 2 complaints Youths from Kyle & Belmont school Kyle + No further 3763 28/09/2006 September-06 Concluded 0 hanging round shops Belmont complaints Youths from Belmont Academy No further 3856 13/11/2006 November-06 Belmont Concluded 1 hanging round bus stop complaints Large groups of unknown youths Kyle + 4055 24/01/2007 January-07 Monitor General 25 causing disturbance Belmont Complaint of youths throwing No further 4112 06/02/2007 February-07 Ayr Concluded 2 bricks/bottles etc over walls complaints Complaint of youths from school No further 4184 19/02/2007 February-07 Ayr Concluded 0 hanging about doorway complaints youths from Belmont Acad gathering in No further 4445 27/03/2007 March-07 Belmont Concluded 1 close causing disturbance complaints schoolchildren gathering at queens 4685 01/05/2007 May-07 Ayr Live 4 court and intimidating shoppers youth disorder during school breaks 4706 10/05/2007 May-07 Kyle Monitor General 0 etc

Breakdown by School • All cases are evenly spread over all three Ayr schools

School Total ASB Youth Cases - by School Ayr 3 4

Belmont 2 3 Kyle 2 2 Kyle + Belmont 2 1 Grand Total 9 0 Ayr Belmont Kyle Kyle + Belmont

Incidents relating to Cases • December 06 – Feb 07 were the months in which most incidents were reported

Month Total ASB Youth Incidents involving school pupils Sep-06 1 Time Period: 1 Sept 2006 - 30 June 2007 Oct-06 1 10 Nov-06 2 8

Dec-06 9 6

Jan-07 8 4

Feb-07 8 2 Mar-07 2 0 6 7 7 6 6 7 0 0 07 0 0 07 07 Apr-07 1 06 - - - - r-0 r-0 y v c a eb- un- p an- ep- J Oct J F M A S No De May-07 3 Ma Jun-07 0 Grand Total 35

Map of ASB Youth Incidents in relation to Ayr Schools

ASB Officer (Harder to Reach)

Young people referred with school listed • Belmont Academy is the school with most pupils referred followed by Ayr Academy and then Kyle Academy

School Total Ayr Academy 16 Belmont Academy 24 Braehead Primary 2 Cairn Primary 1 Forehill Primary 1 2 Good Shepherd Primary 1 Kyle Academy 11 Mainholm Academy 2 Marr College 3 Newton Primary 4 3 6 Wellington Secondary School 2 Grand Total 78

Harder to Reach Referrals - Schools 30

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Police STORM Incidents

All Youth Incidents in South Ayrshire • There has been an increase in youth incidents each year between April and June.

Time Period Total % Increase

April - June 2005 589 - April - June 2006 745 26% April - June 2007 1116 50%

All Youth Incidents in South Ayrshire 1200 1000 + 50% 800 600 + 26% 400 200 0 April - June 2005 April - June 2006 April - June 2007

Incidents at School • There has been nearly a 20% increase each year in incidents which occur at schools listed

Marr Ayr Belmont Kyle % Period Total College Academy Academy Academy Increase April - June 2005 26 6 22 7 61 -

April - June 2006 24 7 27 14 72 18%

April - June 2007 50 4 19 12 85 18%

TOTAL 100 17 68 33 218 -

All School Incidents - Total Stats 100

80 + 18% 60 + 18%

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Type of Incident • Complaints, Missing Persons, Drinking in Public and Damage to Property are the most common types of incidents which occur at schools

Description Apr-June 05 Apr-June 06 Apr-June 07 Total Assist Member of Public 1 7 5 13 Complaint 18 14 14 46 Missing Person 3 8 10 21 Drug / Solvent Abuse 1 1 1 3 Disturbance 3 0 2 5 Firearms Involved 2 1 1 4 Knife / Edged Weapon 0 2 0 2 Drinking in Public 3 7 8 18 Theft 2 3 1 6 Assault 5 4 4 13 Damage to Property 12 11 10 33 HBs / Suspect Person 5 5 3 13 Alarm Calls 2 2 14 18 Other 4 7 12 23 Total 61 72 85 218

School Incidents - by Incident Type April to June 2007 only 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 t t y t c e t e i lic lls in ed on on b her a v s s la l hef t aul u r r ubl p o s bus T C e e P O oper banc v

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School Incidents by Time Period • Almost half of all incidents which occur on school premises happen between the hours of 8am and 4pm. • Incidents at school peak between 11am – 2pm which incorporates the school lunch times.

Time Apr-June 05 Apr-June 06 Apr-June 07 0800 - 0900 3 0 4 0900 - 1000 1 2 4 1000 - 1100 1 3 5 1100 - 1200 1 5 9 1200 - 1300 4 6 5 1300 - 1400 3 9 4 1400 - 1500 4 6 1 1500 - 1600 5 3 3 1600 - 1700 2 7 7 TOTAL 24 41 42

All School Incidents by Time of Day 20 Apr-June 07 Apr-June 06 16 Apr-June 05

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Appendix 6

CAMPUS POLICE OFFICER: PUPIL BASELINE EVALUATION

Name:______Class:______

Please tick one box to show your answer:

I am male I am female

Agree Disagree Don’t know 1. I am being bullied in school just now 2. I have experienced bullying in the past in Kyle Academy 3. I have experienced bullying out of school 4. I can get help to stop bullying if it affects me or my friends 5. I always feel safe in classes. 6. I always feel safe in corridors and social areas in the school 7. I always feel safe in the playground. 8. I always feel safe on my way to and from school, and in the community. 9. The school is safe from intruders 10. There have been times when I would have liked confidential and informal advice from the Police 11. There are times when my family would have liked confidential and informal advice from the Police 12. I have confidence that the Police will help me 13. A Campus Officer will reduce bullying 13. A Campus Officer will reduce vandalism 14. A Campus Officer will make the school safer for pupils 15. A Campus Officer will make the community safer 16. A Campus Officer will stop people bringing alcohol or drugs to the school 17. A Campus Officer will improve leisure activities for young people 18. A Campus Officer will help us to help people in the local community 19. A Campus Officer could help pupils sort our friendship problems 20. I have a say in making the school a safer place 21. I have a say in making the community a safer place

CAMPUS POLICE OFFICER: STAFF BASELINE EVALUATION Please tick as appropriate:

Male Female Class teacher PT Subject PT Guidance DHT SEN Classroom Asst Other APT&C

Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly Don’t Agree Disagree know 1. I support the proposal to introduce a full time Campus Police Officer in school 1. We have effective ways to prevent bullying in school 2. We have effective ways to address bullying when it arises. 3. We have effective ways of mediating when pupils have fallen out or are having relationship difficulties 4. We have effective ways of reducing pupil aggression in school 5. We have effective ways of reducing pupil violence in school 6. We have effective ways of reducing vandalism in school 7. We have effective ways of reducing the risk of intruders in school 8. We have effective ways of reducing breaks ins to the school. 9. We have effective ways of reducing pupil theft in school 10. We have effective ways of reducing pupils alcohol use in the school 11. We have effective ways of reducing pupil drug use in the school 12. School security is good 13. Our pupils have positive attitudes to the police 14. I always feel safe in classes. 15. I always feel safe in corridors and social areas in the school 16. I always feel safe in the playground. 17. There have been times when I would have liked confidential and informal advice from the Police 18. I have been able to get confidential and informal advice from the Police when I need it 13. A Campus Officer will help to improve the image of the school in the local community 14. A Campus Officer will improve the quality of aspects of PSE provision 15. A Campus Officer will improve the availability of diversionary activities for our young people 13. A Campus Officer will improve safety in the local community 20. I have a say in making the school a safer place 21. I have a say in making the community a safer place Appendix 7