Police to search for weapons at schools
- Title
- Police to search for weapons at schools
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 6 Mar 1996
- Year of production
- 1996
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- Duration
- 00:00:53
- Description
- Chairman of the Police Federation, Fred Broughton, describes the new powers given by government legislation to search students in schools for dangerous weapons, and sends the signal that carrying weapons is not acceptable. The legislation follows the death of headmaster Philip Lawrence in London.
- Contributors
- Fred Broughton
- Keywords
- Legislation; Police; Schools; Weapons; Public Order Act 1986
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LBC/IRN, "Police to search for weapons at schools". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0002000350018 (Accessed 16 Aug 2025)