"We'll never have enough police to deal with it": The town where people say parents need to 'get a grip' after kids were banned from Morrisons
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA secondary school has warned police that Whitefield 'will never have enough' officers to deal with the levels of youth crime and anti-social behaviour in the area.
Earlier this month a Police and Communities Together meeting took place at the town's Morrisons Cafe - where unaccompanied school children have been banned following an arson attack.
The public meeting was also called to discuss issues at the nearby Metrolink station. Police Sergeant Dickinson said that she had never seen such a good attendance at a surgery before.
A member of staff from Philips High School was vocal at the meeting. She said that people need to remember that majority of the school's 900 students are 'amazing' but that a 'small minority' tarnish their reputation. READ MORE: 'I thought I was in safe hands’: Routine dentist appointment left wood chipper 'in agony and hospitalised for 17 days' She said that the school runs workshops on anti-social behaviour to prepare them for life outside school but admits 'there's only so much we can do'. "The police are always in school," she said.
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