Frontline medics are bolstering Lanarkshire police officers’ efforts to reduce violence by bringing the stark reality of its ugly face into the classroom.
The Lanarkshire division of Police Scotland has teamed up with Medics Against Violence (MAV) in a partnership approach to educating school pupils about the devastating impact violence can have on everyone in its wake.
Lanarkshire divisional commander, Chief Supt Alan Waddell, says the reduction of violence and disorder, of which knife crime is integral, is – along with tackling house-breaking and reducing harm caused by substance misuse – among his officers’ priorities.
