Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold set up a Youth Team earlier this year to work in neighbourhoods with young people, intervening early to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour and stop them becoming involved in, or victims of, crime.
During the Covid 19 outbreak, the Youth Team has been working in areas that have been identified as hotspots where young people gather. The Team have been building relationships and giving advice and guidance to the young people about social distancing and staying at home.
They have also been finding out what the young people think about how police deal with them, and then feeding that back to the Force to help inform their response.
The Youth Team has also been supporting a number of young people identified as vulnerable or with additional needs who are not receiving social care or other
services and providing 1-1 support over the phone or in person, observing social distancing, to
the young people and their families.
