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Following our Neighbourhood Police Week of action and alongside the nationwide #LookCloser campaign, Volunteer Police Cadets were at the centre of an operation last week, to help highlight the importance of spotting the signs of both Child Criminal Exploitation alongside Child Sexual Exploitation in the Hospitality sector. This work was completed under Operation Makesafe, with cadets from all over the Humberside Area joining forces with Neighbourhood Police Officers, Special Constables and Cadet Leaders to visit over 60 venues in their local communities with the aim to create a safer environment for everyone. The teams conducted test purchases where they visited venues posing as customers to assess whether staff could recognise and appropriately respond to signs that a young person may be experiencing exploitation. This joined up approached to tackling child exploitation, working directly with venues to improve their knowledge around the exploitation of young people has been recognised as good practice nationally, and has been adopted by the Hydrant Programme to support other police forces in protecting the most vulnerable in their communities. Read more. | 
