- Reference Number: 1944
- Date released: 10 July 2009
Request
The number of times police from your force have been called in
to schools to deal with racist incidents. More specifically, I am
requesting the following:
- The total number of incidents reported to police by schools
involving violent, threatening or abusive behaviour. Of
these,
- The number of times that an officer went in to the school
following the report
- The number of times that a student was arrested as a result of
the incident
- The number of times a student was charged as a result of the
incident
Response
In accordance with section 1 (1) (b) of the Act our response is
provided below;
Racist incidents at schools
| Year |
Number of racist incidents involving violent, threatening or
abusive behaviour at schools |
Number attended by police |
Number where student(s) arrested |
Number where student(s) charged / summonsed |
Number where student(s) cautioned / reprimanded |
|
| 06/07 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 07/08 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
| 08/09 |
11 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
| 09/10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Please note: As you did not state any time
frame in your original request, we have collated data as far back
as is possible.
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