You may be aware that as part of its commitment to multi-agency partnership working East Renfrewshire Council Education Department has recruited Campus Police Officers to work with its schools.

In August 2017 PC Angela Mitchell took up her role as Mearns Castle High School campus officer.

Duties at school shall include patrolling the school campus, inputs to classes, attending meetings and dealing with traffic issues amongst many other requirements.

Educational focus areas  include :

Bullying / Cyberbullying / Internet safety
Crime and punishment
Knife Crime
Hate Crime
Drugs awareness
Talks/presentations on cyberbullying / smoking / alcohol / stranger danger / to pupils at our cluster primaries

PC Mitchell looks forward to a unique role within Police Scotland where she hopes to engage in an early effective multi agency approach to ” keeping people safe“.