Merseyside can no longer be described as having a "no grass culture" in the opinion of its most senior police officer.
Chief Constable Serena Kennedy spoke at the launch of Merseyside Police's new 'Prevention' strategy - a broad range of initiatives and plans to stop crime before it happens - at the MYA Our Place youth centre in Huyton.
Attendees heard about schemes where money is taken from the pockets of serious criminals and pumped back into the community, how youths at risk of falling into crime are shown a better path, and how police officers are working with community groups to "build resilience" and reduce tolerance of crime.
