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
- 00:00:40
- Description
- Chairman of the Police Federation, Fred Broughton, on the new powers given by government legislation to search students in schools for dangerous weapons. He states police must work closely with teachers to stop crime and powers are a fitting tribute to Philip Lawrence, killed by students. Interviewer not heard.
- Contributors
- Fred Broughton
- Keywords
- Legislation; Police; Homicide; Schools; Weapons; Philip Lawrence; 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/0002000350019 (Accessed 16 Aug 2025)