Building bridges with young people is a vital part of modernpolicing.
But modern methods - like setting up a text line for children -are no replacement for good, old-fashioned police work.
We need officers out and about in our communities at nights andweekends talking to kids.
They need to get to know them, know their names, what they areup to, where they live, who their parents are.
More importantly, kids need to meet officers face-to-face to getto know, trust and respect them and the work they do to keep us allsafe.
Human contact, rather than hi-tech gimmicks, is still the bestway to build relationships.
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