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National policing strategy needed to tackle County Lines child exploitation, study shows

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There is no consistent approach to the policing of County Lines drug distribution, leaving children and adults vulnerable to exploitation and harm, according to a landmark study by the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre.

Researchers to lead prestigious Policing-Academic Centre of Excellence

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Professor Dan Birks and Professor Adam Crawford are to lead a new Policing-Academic Centre of Excellence working to harness and maximise the impact of research excellence across both the University of Leeds and the University of York.