Dyfed-Powys Police is supporting the National Awareness Day for Child Sexual Exploitation on March 18, arranged by the charity National Working Group (NWG).
The aim of the day is to highlight the issues surrounding child sexual exploitation, to encourage everyone to think, spot and speak out against abuse and adopt a zero tolerance to adults developing inappropriate relationships with children.
Safeguarding children is everybody’s business. Any child can be sexually exploited no matter what culture, ethnicity, religion, whether a boy or a girl from any background.
Detective Chief Inspector Steve Cockwell, Protecting Vulnerable People Department, Dyfed Powys Police said: “It is vitally important that we gain greater knowledge and understanding of Child Sexual Exploitation in order to effectively target activity at local, regional and national level. Police officers are being actively trained to recognise the early signs that can identify children at risk. We all have a role to play in ensuring that children have a safe environment to grow up in.
“We have a Social Media campaign to raise awareness of CSE and what to look out for. March 18 will see our front line staff distributing flyers and posters to raise awareness.
“We recognise the importance of investing in identifying and tackling CSE and have invested additional resources into this complex area of safeguarding. We continue to work with our statutory partners and voluntary groups and recognise that the support of the public is absolutely vital to achieving better outcomes.”
For more information please follow the link www.stop-cse.org.
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